Delta and Pine Land Company (D&PL), the nation's leading developer and marketer of cotton seed, announced the completion of new greenhouse facilities. The new greenhouses are located in Winterville, Mississippi - just a few miles from D&PL's headquarters in Scott.

"We have an aggressive research effort that focuses our 11 breeding programs on making progress in yield and quality," according to D&PL President and CEO Tom Jagodinski. "These greenhouses will be a part of the introgression effort that couples those superior varieties with new technologies."

The company's technology strategy includes several suppliers which places a premium on physical separation of traits and plants. D&PL currently works with transgenic technologies from Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow and DeltaMax.
DeltaMax is a joint venture with DuPont and its Pioneer subsidiary focusing on the development of herbicide tolerance and insect resistance technology
in cotton.

Dr. Bill Hugie, vice president of research says, "These new greenhouses will help insure we keep our elite varieties moving forward with a full portfolio of traits on the most efficient timelines possible. We have built these greenhouses in several sections, allowing for separation of plants which is critical to our purity and stewardship programs."

The new houses measure 23,000 square feet and became home to plants for the first time Friday.

Delta and Pine Land Company is a commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed, as well as soybean seed, in the Cotton Belt. For almost 90 years, the company has used its extensive plant breeding programs, drawing from a diverse germplasm base, to develop improved cotton varieties. Delta and Pine Land Company (NYSE: DLP), headquartered in Scott, Mississippi, has offices in eight states and facilities in several foreign countries.