Developer:
Syngenta

Method of Trait Introduction:
Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance , Mannose metabolism

Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)  Herbicide Tolerance + Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
pat	Streptomyces viridochromogenes	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
cry1Ab (truncated)	synthetic form of Cry1Ab from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis	Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
vip3Aa20	Bacillus thuringiensis strain AB88	vegetative insecticidal protein (vip3Aa variant)	confers resistance to feeding damage caused by lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut
pmi  *	Escherichia coli	Phosphomannose Isomerase (PMI) enzyme	metabolizes mannose and allows positive selection for recovery of transformed plants

 * : 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
Brazil
Colombia
European Union
Japan
Mexico
Philippines
South Korea
Taiwan

 

Event Description

• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• CIB - Brazil
• CIBIOGEM - Mexico
• Colombia Biosafety Clearing House
• European Commission
• FAO GM Foods Platform (Mexico)
• INVIMA - Colombia
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Korea Biosafety Clearing House
• MinAgri Argentina
• Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia Y Pesca
• Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Environmental Protection Agency

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed