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

 

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

• US Patent and Trademark Office