Bayer CropScience has entered into business and licence agreements with French seed co-operative Euralis Semences (Pau) to develop winter oilseed rape hybrid seed products for European markets. Bayer gains access to certain genetic material and products from Euralis Semences, as well as access to its field testing network and infrastructure. The companies will grant each other access to parental lines and trait technologies, but their respective research and breeding programmes as well as marketing and sales activities will continue independently.