Developer:
Syngenta

Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Trait s :
Lepidopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
vip3A(a)	Bacillus thuringiensis strain AB88	VIP3A vegetative insecticidal protein	confers resistance to feeding damage caused by lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
aph4 (hpt)  *	Escherichia coli	hygromycin-B phosphotransferase (hph) enzyme	allows selection for resistance to the antibiotic hygromycin B

 * : 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
Canada
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
South Korea
Taiwan
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Biosafety Clearing House
• Biosafety Clearing House
• Biosafety Clearing House
• Biosafety Clearing House - Costa Rica
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• INVIMA - Colombia
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Korean Biosafety Clearing House
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
• Philippines DA-BPI Biosafety
• 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 2016 - China 2016

Detection Methods

• GMO Detection Method Database