Event Name: HCEM485
Event Code : HCEM485
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
Developer:
Stine Seed Farm, Inc (USA)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Aerosol Beam Injection
GM Trait
:
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Herbicide Tolerance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
2mepsps | Zea mays | 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase enzyme (double mutant version) | decreases binding affinity for glyphosate, thereby increasing tolerance to glyphosate herbicide |
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 |
Canada | |||
United States |
Last updated: October 7, 2014
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Office of the Federal Register (USA)
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: January 12, 2013