Event Name: HCN92 (Topas 19/2)
Event Code : ACS-BNØØ7-1
Trade Name: Liberty Link™ Innovator™
Crop: Brassica napus - Argentine Canola, Canola, Oilseed rape, Rapeseed, Turnip
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Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
GM Trait
s
:
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance
,
Antibiotic resistance
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 |
nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
* : 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 |
Australia | |||
Canada | |||
China | |||
European Union | |||
Mexico | |||
New Zealand | |||
South Africa | |||
South Korea | |||
United States |
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Last updated: August 21, 2012
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Health Canada
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013