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

Method of Trait Introduction:
Direct DNA transfer system

GM Trait :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
bar	Streptomyces hygroscopicus	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation

 

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
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• GMO Detection Method Database