2. Momsanto, an American agrochemical company, merged with Cargill's international seed business in 1998 to become the second largest seed company in the world, with seed sales of1600 million US dollars in 2000. The main seed business is cotton, soybean and corn seeds.
Syngenta, 1999 Novartis and Infineon AstraZeneca respectively merged their agrochemical businesses to form a new company, which is the third largest seed company in the world, with seed sales of 958 million US dollars in 2000, and its main seed business is vegetable seeds.
4. The traditional seed company Limagrain, a French agricultural cooperative organization, is the fourth largest seed company and the largest vegetable seed company in the world, with seed sales of 622 million US dollars in 2000. In 2000, we merged the corn and soybean seed business of Great Lakes Seed Company with KWS Company.
5. The largest seed company in Mexico and the fifth largest seed company in the world mainly deals in melon and vegetable seeds, accounting for 20% of the world vegetable seed market. In 2000, seed sales reached $474 million.
6.Advanta (1996) is the sixth largest seed company in the world, which was formed by the merger of Royal Dutch Vanderbilt Group and Zeneca Seeds of Britain. Its main seed business is rapeseed and sunflower seeds, and its seed sales in 2000 was $373 million.
7. Dow, an American chemical company, acquired Mycogen at 1998. In 2000, Cargill acquired its hybrid seed business in the United States and Canada, making it the seventh largest seed company in the world. Its main seed business includes corn, sorghum and soybeans. Seed sales in 2000 was $350 million.
8. German traditional seed company KWS AG is the eighth largest seed company in the world. In 2000, KWS Company acquired the corn and soybean seed business of Great Lakes Seed Company of the United States together with Lima Grand Seed Company of France, and the seed sales in 2000 was 332 million dollars.
9. Delta Air Lines. American seed company Pine Land Company is the largest cotton seed company in the world. In 2000, its seed sales reached $306,543.8 billion, ranking ninth in the world.
10 and Aventis 1999 were formed by the merger of Herst ag in Germany and Rona Planck in France. They are the fourth largest vegetable seed company in the world, with seed sales of $267 million in 2000, ranking tenth in the world.