DuPont has been awarded a 2008 R&D 100 Award for DuPont™ Rynaxypyr®, an advanced insect control product that optimizes a grower’s potential to produce high-quality, high-yielding crops.  Rynaxypyr® was one of 100 new products chosen by Research & Development magazine as the most innovative products introduced in 2008.

“We’re honored to receive this prestigious external acknowledgement of DuPont innovation,” said Jim Collins, vice president and general manager, DuPont Crop Protection.  “Our Rynaxypyr® insect control products are just one way DuPont is advancing agriculture through a rich pipeline of products that will help our customers improve profitability and productivity today and into the future.”

Rynaxypyr® is the active ingredient in DuPont™ Altacor®, Coragen®, Ferterra™ and Prevathon™, four insect control products that have received registration in 10 countries to date.  These new products, powered by DuPont™ Rynaxypyr®, offer growers fast-acting and long-lasting control of a wide range of pests that do costly damage to crops.