Event Name: MON88913 x MON15985
Event Code : MON-88913-8 x MON-15985-7
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ Flex™ Bollgard II™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
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
,
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
,
Visual marker
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 |
cry1Ac | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73 | Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
uidA * | Escherichia coli | beta-D-glucuronidase (GUS) enzyme | produces blue stain on treated transformed tissue, which allows visual selection |
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 |
* : 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 | |||
Colombia | |||
Costa Rica | |||
Japan | |||
Mexico | |||
New Zealand | |||
Paraguay | |||
Philippines | |||
South Africa | |||
South Korea | |||
Taiwan |
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Last updated: September 9, 2018
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- AgroNews Paraguay
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
- EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
- EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
- GMO Detection Method Database
Last updated: May 6, 2013