BIOTECHNICA <BIOT> HAS NEW AGRICULTURE UNIT
BioTechnica International said
it established a new subsidiary, BioTechnica Agriculture, to
develop and commercialize microbial and plant products for
improving crops. It said the unit will be based in Overland
Park, Kansas.
    It said Charles H. Baker, former president of Rohm and Haas
Co's <ROH> Rohm and Haas Seed Inc affiliate, has been named
president of the new agriculture unit. The company said Baker
will also act for a limited time as president of <Chaco
Enterprises Inc>, formed to acquire the Hybrex hybrid wheat
technology from Rohm and Haas.
 Reuter
