Event Name: MON15985
Event Code : MON-15985-7
Trade Name: Bollgard II™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue
GM Traits: Lepidopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance , Visual marker
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Insect Resistance
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 |
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 | |||
| Burkina Faso | |||
| Canada | |||
| China | |||
| Colombia | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
| European Union | |||
| India | |||
| Japan | |||
| Mexico | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Nigeria | |||
| Philippines | |||
| Singapore | |||
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Last updated: March 24, 2020
Documents and Links
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
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