<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-32.1
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>e65765_ex32-1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 1350 - CEO CERTIFICATION
<TEXT>

Exhibit 32.1

                            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 amended Annual Report of Applied DNA Sciences,  Inc. (the
"Company") on Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-KSB for the period ending September 30,
2005 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the "Report"),  I, James A. Hayward,  Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  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 and Exchange Act of 1934; and

       (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
                material   respects,  the  financial   condition and  result  of
                operations of the Company.

         A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to Applied DNA Sciences,  Inc. and will be retained by Applied DNA
Sciences,  Inc. and furnished to the Securities  and Exchange  Commission or its
staff upon request.

Date:  October 10, 2006                            By: /s/JAMES A HAYWARD
                                                      -------------------
                                                      James A. Hayward
                                                      Chief Executive Officer


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
