Landec Corporation announced the successful preliminary results of its 1999 wheat/bean relay cropping system field trials that could lead to commercialization of the product within 18 months.

"This year's field trials for the Intellicoat(TM) wheat/bean relay cropping system have demonstrated the effectiveness of planting wheat and soybeans in the same field in the same year,'' said Ray Stewart, senior vice president of Landec's agricultural wholly owned subsidiary, Intellicoat Corporation. "Based on these results, Landec's coating technology should provide a
way for farmers to grow and harvest two crops in one year, providing significant financial benefit
for the farmer.''

Intellicoat plans to expand its testing of the relay cropping system in the spring of 2000 and
expects to commercially launch the technology in the spring of 2001. Landec's wheat/bean relay
cropping system involves coating soybean seeds with Landec's proprietary Intelimer polymer. The
polymers are designed to regulate the water uptake of the seed and thus control the timing of seed germination. Tests conducted in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan have demonstrated that the soybean coating achieves the targeted 20-25 day germination delay under a range of field conditions.

Using a unique approach called relay cropping, winter wheat is planted in October and the coated
soybeans are planted into the wheat the following May when the wheat is eight to twelve inches
tall and still green. The coating prevents the soybean from germinating for 20-25 days while the
wheat continues to grow and mature. The soybeans begin to emerge in June and the wheat is
harvested in early July. When the wheat is approximately two to three feet tall the wheat heads are harvested, but the coated soybeans are only six to twelve inches high and do not interfere with the wheat harvest. After the wheat harvest, the established soybeans grow rapidly and have enough moisture and sunlight to produce a healthy crop.

The potential benefits to American farmers could be substantial and could assist the United States in remaining competitive in the world grain markets. Tom Crowley, president and chief executive officer of Intellicoat Corporation, stated: "`The technology will first benefit growers in the
Midwestern United States. In the central states of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio alone, the
soybean crop is estimated at more than twenty-three million acres and the wheat crop is in excess of three million acres. The financial benefit to the farmer may be as much as $50 to $125 an acre advantage over single crop farming.''

Landec Corporation designs, develops, manufacturers and sells temperature-activated and other
specialty polymer products for a variety of food packaging, industrial high performance materials,
and agricultural applications. The company's temperature-activated polymer products are based
on its proprietary Intelimer polymers, which differ from other polymers in that they can be
customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a
pre-set temperature switch.

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