Monsanto India Limited (NSEI:MONSANTO) is planning to sell its small branded cotton seed business to India's Tierra Agrotech. The company's Mahyco Monsanto Biotech joint venture will continue to sell cotton seeds under license but its Monsanto Holdings Private unit, an MMB licensee which sells Bollgard I and Bollgard II seeds, will exit cotton and sell branded seed to Tierra Agrotech.