The 2006 variety lineup from Delta and Pine Land Company (D&PL) combines proven, legendary performance with exciting new varieties offering cotton producers more technologies and both the potential for better yield and fiber quality than ever before.

Both DP 555 BG/RR and DP 444 BG/RR have set the standards for yield and quality potential in stacked-gene cottons, giving producers across the Belt the potential for consistent, outstanding performance. For this season, D&PL will have three new stacked-gene varieties, plus new Roundup Ready® Flex and Bollgard® II/Roundup Ready Flex products, to complement the nation’s top cotton-variety lineup.

DP 445 BG/RR is an early- to mid-maturity Bollgard®/Roundup Ready® variety that has performed extremely well in state university official variety trials (OVT), delivering yield and fiber grades as good as, or better than, top stacked-gene varieties on the market today. Data from 2004 and 2005 indicates the fiber quality on DP 445 BG/RR has premium potential, in line with DP 444 BG/RR. DP 445 BG/RR has shown good seedling vigor and has responded well to standard growth management practices.

Also new from D&PL for 2006 is DP 455 BG/RR, which has shown strong yield performance and fits maturity-wise between DP 444 BG/RR and DP 555 BG/RR. It is a mid- to full-maturity variety with excellent seedling vigor and the potential for both high yield and premium fiber quality. DP 454 BG/RR, another new mid- to fullmaturity variety, has exhibited outstanding yield and fiber quality potential in testing to date.

D&PL will also have 8 new Roundup Ready® Flex varieties, four of them Roundup Ready Flex stacked with Bollgard II. A new Acala and a new Pima variety for the western U.S. markets will also be in supply for 2006. These exciting new products will be presented at the New Developments session on Jan. 4 during the 2006 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio, Texas.

The presentations are:

Early-Maturing Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex varieties from D&PL
1:50 p.m.
Jan. 4, 2006
Rivercenter Salons I & J

Three new Bollgard/Roundup Ready varieties from D&PL
3 p.m.
Jan. 4, 2006
Rivercenter Salons I & J

New Mid- to Full-Maturing Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex Varieties from D&PL
3:20 p.m.
Jan. 4, 2006
Rivercenter Salons I & J

New Pima and Acala varieties from D&PL
4:40 p.m.
Jan. 4, 2006
Rivercenter Salons I &J

“As the leading cotton seed company in the United States, D&PL remains committed to providing its customers with the proven products, exciting new varieties, key crop management information and superior technical support
needed for success as we head into 2006,” says Jim Willeke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for D&PL. “D&PL provides more options for cotton producers, with cotton varieties suited for a range of production systems, soil types and environments.”

D&PL cotton seed is packaged in standard bags containing a minimum of 250,000 seeds, and 8-million-seed Boll Box bulk delivery systems.

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.

Bollgard, Bollgard II and Roundup Ready are registered trademarks used under a license from Monsanto Technology LLC. D&PL is a registered trademark and “Yield. Fiber. More.” and Boll Box are trademarks of Delta and Pine Land Company.