Developer:
Dow AgroSciences LLC

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

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)  Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
cry1F	Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai	Cry1F delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
cry1Ac	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73	Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
pat (syn)  *	synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation

 * : 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
Brazil
Costa Rica
European Union
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
South Korea
Taiwan

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database
• FAO GM Foods Platform

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• European Food Safety Authority
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
• Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Environmental Protection Agency

Detection Methods

• GMO Detection Method Database