EXHIBIT 31.02

                    Certification of Chief Financial Officer
                         Pursuant to Section 302 of the
                           Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, R. D. Greene, certify that:

     1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Delta and Pine
     Land Company;

     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
     of a material fact or omit to state a material  fact  necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements
     were made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to the  period  covered by this
     report;

     3. Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other  financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in all  material
     respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of
     D&PL as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.

     4. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I are  responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

                    a) Designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or
                    caused  such  disclosure   controls  and  procedures  to  be
                    designed  under our  supervision,  to ensure  that  material
                    information  relating  to  the  registrant,   including  its
                    consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by  others
                    within  those  entities,  particularly  during the period in
                    which this report is being prepared;

                    b)  Evaluated   the   effectiveness   of  the   registrant's
                    disclosure  controls and  procedures  and  presented in this
                    report  our  conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of  the
                    disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  as of the end of the
                    period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                    c) Disclosed  in this report any change in the  registrant's
                    internal  control over  financial  reporting  that  occurred
                    during the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter that has
                    materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially
                    affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control over financial
                    reporting; and

     5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent  evaluation,  to the  registrant's  auditors  and the audit
     committee of  registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing  the
     equivalent function):

                    a) All  significant  deficiencies in the design or operation
                    of  internal  controls  which  could  adversely  affect  the
                    registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,  summarize  and
                    report   financial   data  and  have   identified   for  the
                    registrant's  auditors any material  weaknesses  in internal
                    controls; and

                    b)  Any  fraud,  whether  or  not  material,  that  involves
                    management or other employees who have a significant role in
                    the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: April 11, 2005      /s/ R. D. Greene
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                          R. D. Greene
                          Vice President-Finance, Treasurer and Assistant
                          Secretary