EXHIBIT 31.01

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, W. Thomas Jagodinski, certify that:
1.            I have reviewed this annual report 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 the registrant 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(f)  and
              15d-15(f))  and internal  control over  financial  reporting  (as
              defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(f) and 15d - 15(f)) 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 provide 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)       Designed  such  internal  control  over  financial
                           reporting,  or caused such internal  control over
                           financial reporting to be designed under our
                           supervision,  to provide reasonable  assurance
                           regarding the reliability of financial
                           reporting and the  preparation  of financial
                           statements for external  purposes in  accordance
                           with  generally  accepted accounting principles.

                  c)       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

                  d)       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 of internal control over
              financial reporting, 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 and material weaknesses
                           in the design or operation of internal controls over
                           financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
                           adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
                           process, summarize and report financial data; 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:  November 14, 2005        /s/ W. Thomas Jagodinski
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                                W. Thomas Jagodinski
                                President, Chief Executive Officer and  Director