verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message mycogen seeds type agriculture subsidiary industry agriculture founded san diego california 1982 headquarters indianapolis indiana united states products hybrid and varietal seeds parent dow agrosciences website www.mycogen.com mycogen seeds headquartered in indianapolis indiana united states provides seeds for agriculture . mycogen is one of the largest sunflower seed producers . citation needed mycogen produces markets and sells hybrid seed corn . the company also markets and sells sorghum sunflower soybean alfalfa and canola . the mycogen corporation was formed in 1982 by members of the san diego business and scientific communities including david h. rammler a partner in the venture capital firm of vanguard associates who served as the first chairman of the company and andrew c. barnes a biochemist with an mba from the stanford school of business . the original concept was to develop environmentally safe herbicides from fungi using genetic engineering thus the name mycogen coined from the greek words for fungus and genetics . citation needed the company was acquired by dow chemical company in 1998 . 1 references edit dow chemical completes acquisition of mycogen corp. . seedtoday.com . retrieved 6 june 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mycogen seeds & oldid 743483178 categories agriculture companies of the united statescompanies based in indianapolishidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2016all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view