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<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS
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Exhibit 32.2

                            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 Applied DNA  Sciences, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-KSB for the period ending September 30, 2006 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
James A. Hayward, Chief Financial 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:  January 16, 2007                                 By: /s/ JAMES A. HAYWARD
                                                           ---------------------
                                                        James A. Hayward
                                                        Chief Financial Officer




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