EXHIBIT 32.01

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Delta and Pine Land Company ("D&PL") on
Form 10-K for the period ended August 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, W. Thomas Jagodinski,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)      The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934;
         and

(2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial conditions and results of operations
         of D&PL.

Date: November 14, 2006

/s/ W. Thomas Jagodinski
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W. Thomas Jagodinski
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)