Event Name: COT102 (IR102)
Event Code : SYN-IR1Ø2-7
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
Developer: Syngenta
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Lepidopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Singular) Insect Resistance (IR)
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 |
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: March 23, 2021
Documents and Links
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
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