Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)

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

GM Trait s :
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Coleopteran insect resistance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)  Herbicide Tolerance + Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
cp4 epsps (aroA:CP4)	Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4	herbicide tolerant form of 5-enolpyruvulshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme	decreases binding affinity for glyphosate, thereby conferring increased tolerance to glyphosate herbicide
cry2Ab2	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis	Cry2Ab delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
cry1A.105	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis	Cry1A.105 protein which comprises the Cry1Ab, Cry1F and Cry1Ac proteins	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
cry3Bb1	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis	Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin	confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm by selectively damaging their midgut lining
dvsnf7	Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)	double-stranded RNA transcript containing a 240 bp fragment of the WCR Snf7 gene	RNAi interference resulting to down-regulation of the function of the targeted Snf7 gene leading to Western Corn Rootworm mortality.

 

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
Japan
Mexico
South Korea
Taiwan

 

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Brazil - Conselho de Informacoes sobre Biotecnologia (CIB)
• CIBIOGEM - Mexico
• FAO GM Foods Platform (Mexico)
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Korea Biosafety Clearing House
• MinAgri Argentina
• Taiwan FDA