Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Chemically mediated introduction into protoplasts and regeneration

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
pat (syn)	synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
bla  *	Escherichia coli	beta lactamase enzyme	detoxifies beta lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin

 * : Selection Marker/Reporter  

Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval

Country	Food direct use or processing	Feed direct use or processing	Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
European Union
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Turkey
United States
Vietnam

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• Brazil CTNBio
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• EU Scientific Committee on Plants
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• GMO - Compass
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
• Nigeria Biosafety Clearing House
• Philippines - Department of Agriculure
• Turkish Biosafety Board Decision
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration
• USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database