Event Name: MON15985
Event Code : MON-15985-7
Trade Name: Bollgard II™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
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Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue
GM Trait
s
:
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
,
Visual marker
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
cry1Ac | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73 | Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
aad * | Escherichia coli | 3''(9)-O-aminoglycoside adenylyltransferase enzyme | allows selection for resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics such as spectinomycin and streptomycin |
uidA * | Escherichia coli | beta-D-glucuronidase (GUS) enzyme | produces blue stain on treated transformed tissue, which allows visual selection |
cry2Ab2 | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis | Cry2Ab delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
* : 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 |
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Burkina Faso | |||
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Mexico | |||
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Nigeria | |||
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* point mouse arrow over year for notes
Last updated: March 24, 2020
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- Bureau of Plant Industry - Philippines
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- GEAC Biosafety Data of Approved GM crops
- India Biosafety Clearing House Decision
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - India 2018
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013