Event Name: COT102 (IR102)
Event Code : SYN-IR1Ø2-7
Trade Name: VIPCOT™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
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 |
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Last updated: October 16, 2019
Event Description
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
Last updated: May 6, 2013