U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
________ Washington, D.C. 20549
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| FORM 4 | STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding
___ Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment
| | Check this box Company Act of 1940
|___| if no longer subject OMB Number: 3235-0287
to Section 16. Form 4 Expires: Sept. 30, 1998
or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See in-
struction 1(b).
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|1.Name and Address of |2.Issuer and Ticker|6. Relationship of Reporting |
| Reporting Person | or Trading Symbol| Person to Issuer (check all |
| | EcoScience | applicable) |
| | Corporation | (x)Director ( ) 10% Owner |
| Ryan David J. | (ECSC) | (x)Officer ( ) Other |
|______________________|___________________| |
|(Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Social| Chairman of the Board |
| c/o Copley Venture | Security |_____________________________________|
| Partners | Number of Re-|4.Statement for|7.Individual or |
| 600 Atlantic Avenue | porting Per- | Month/Year | Joint/Group Filing |
|______________________| son (volun.) | |XX Form filed by One |
|(Street) | | 2/97 | Reporting Person |
| | |_______________|__ Form filed by |
| Boston, MA 02210-2214| |5.If Amendment,| More than One |
|______________________| | Date of Ori- | Reporting Person |
|(City) (State) (Zip) | | ginal | |
|______________________|_______________|_______________|_____________________|
| | TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, |
| | Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
|______________________|_____________________________________________________|
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|1.Title of |2.Trans-|3.Trans.|4.Securities |5.Amount |6.Owner-|7.Nature|
| Security | action| action| Acquired (A) or| of Se- | ship | of In-|
| (Instr. 3)| Date | Code | Disposed of (D)| curi- | form: | direct|
| | (Month/| (Instr.| (Instr. 3, 4 | ties | Direct | Bene- |
| | Day/ | 8) | and 5) | Benefi-| (D) or | ficial|
| | Year) |________|_________________| cially | Indi- | Owner-|
| | | | | |(A)| | Owned | rect | ship |
| | |Code| V |Amount|or | Price| End of | (I) | (Instr.|
| | | | | |(D)| | Month | | 4) |
|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C>|<C> |<C>|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
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|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
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|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
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|____________|________|____|___|______|___|______|_________|________|________|
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Reminder: Report on separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly/(Print or Type Responses)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v) SEC 1474 (7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
securities)
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|1.Title of Deri- |2.Con- |3.Trans-|4.Trans-|5.Number of |6. Date Exer- |
| vative Security| version| action| action| Derivative | cisable |
| (Instr. 3) | or Ex- | Date | Code | Securities | and Expir- |
| | ercise | (Month/| (Inst.| Acquired | ation Date |
| | Price | Day/ | 8) | (A) or Dis-| mo/day/yr |
| | of | Year) | | posed of |_______________|
| | Deri- | | | (D) (Instr.| Date | Expi- |
| | vative | | | 3, 4 and 5)| Exer- | ra- |
| | Secu- | |________|_____________| cis- | tion |
| | rity | | | | | | able | Date |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) | | |
|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|_______|_______|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C>|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Warrant to |$3.75 |2/27/97 | J* | |66,666| |2/27/97| 5/1/01|
| Purchase | | | | | | | | |
|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|_______|_______|
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|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|_______|_______|
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|_________________|_________|________|____|___|______|______|_______|_______|
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Continuation of Table II.
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|7. Title and Amount|8. Price|9. Number|10. Owner- |11. Nature |
| of Underlying | of | of De-| ship | of In- |
| Securities | Deri-| riva- | Form of| direct |
| (Instr. 3 and 4)| vative| tive | Deriv. | Bene- |
| | Secu-| Secu- | ative | ficial |
|___________________| rity | rities| Securi-| Owner- |
| | Amount| (Inst.| Bene. | ty: Di-| ship |
| | or | 5) | Owned | rect(D)| (Instr.|
| Title | Number| | at End| or In- | 4) |
| | of | | of | direct | |
| | Shares| | Month | (I) | |
|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
| Common |66,666 | |66,666 | I |By Partner-|
| Stock | | | | |ship** |
|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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|___________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
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Explanation of Responses:
* Grant of Warrant
** The undersigned disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and
this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person
is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16
or for any other purposes.
/s/ David J. Ryan 09/24/97
__________________________ ________
**Signature of Reporting Date
Person
**Intentional misstatements or omissions
of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space provided is insufficient,
see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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SEC 1474 (7-96)
