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72 SEEDWORLD.COM OCTOBER 2015 The Independent Professional Seed Associationlaunched a new campaign designed to inform farmers why theyshould put their trust in IPSA-member companies. The campaign appears on various media outlets the associations website and will be made available to all IPSA members for their own use. Research Triangle Foundation is constructing a new 30000- square-foot facility at The Lab in Research Triangle Park N.C. The mixed officelaboratory and greenhouse complex is slated for completion and occupancy byAgBiome in December 2015. MarketsandMarkets reports the seed treatment market will be worth 8.8 billion by 2020. According to the report Multinational corporations are investing in the research of seed treatment methods on a global scale because it is one of the fastest growing markets. ... Existing companies are actively introducing new agricultural seed treatment products and methods with different functions to meet the expected yield. The International Seed Testing Association welcomes its first industry members Dow AgroSciences and DuPont Pioneer. To better facilitate communication between the seed testing industry and the producers and distributors of seed ISTAnow offers an Industry Membership option. BUSINESS NEWS Ag Processing Inc. AGP will participate in Monsantos 2016 pilot introduction of VistiveGold high oleic soybeans. AGP is the first processor to offer Iowa growers the opportunity to useVistive Gold high oleic soybeans which have an improved nutritional profile with zero transfats and reduced saturated fats. Dow AgroSciences openeda new Seeds Research Development Field Station in Huron S.D. An open house was held to showcase the station which includes an office seed processing building and machine storage shed. Technology Acceleration Partners TechAccel a private capital development company that invests in acquires and advances discoveries in agriculture has entered into a licensing INDUSTRY NEWS Delivering the people industry business and product news you need to know. Submissions are welcome. Email us at newsissuesink.com. Researchers have discovered how a tiny viral protein enables the infection of a complex plant. This finding could lead to understanding viral diseases in other plants animals and humans according to a team of Texas AM AgriLife Research biochemists. Xiuren Zhangs lab in College Station focused on how plants can defend themselves against viral attacks by experimenting with the effect of mosaic virus on Arabidopsis a model plant widely used in research. agreement for a bio-pesticide with Kansas State University. The agreement between the two organizations secures an exclusive license on the patent enti- tled Doubled-stranded RNA-based Nanoparticles for Insect Gene Silencing. In a second transactionTechAccel made an equity investment in Benson Hill Biosystems.Specifically the invest- ment is in a new technology platform whichThe MIT Reviewnamed as a 2015 breakthrough technology of the year. DuPont Pioneer expands its Windfall Ind. research center to better serve local growers and support global breeding and testing programs in corn soybeans and wheat. The Windfall multi-crop research center added three new breeding programs. The expansion includes 15000 square feetof indoor workspace and 9600 square feet of equipment and machinery storage. Syngenta breaks ground on a 20- million expansion of its North America Seedcare Institute in Stanton Minn. The 38000-square-foot structure will house laboratories for research and develop- ment treating plantability dust-off and quality assurance. It will also feature a scale-up treating area a treating equip- ment performance area to simulate real- life experiences state-of-the-art training facility and seed warehouse as well as office and meeting space. INCOTEC builds on a Dutch business model to position the Indian seed sector for growth. With assistance from the