> potential competitors: syngenta, dupont, dow
The only reason why GMO market has centralised in recent years was nothing else than continuous attacks from anti-GMO groups. You can't run a small competitive research company if your crops are continuously destroyed and your scientists attacked physically. Anti-GMO became a well-organised business too thanks to US tort law companies.
https://european-seed.com/2019/04/american-tort-lawyers-and-iarc-a-toxic-mutual-interest/