Event Name: MON863 x MON810
Event Code : MON-ØØ863-5 x MON-ØØ81Ø-6
Trade Name: YieldGard™ Plus
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
- 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
:
Coleopteran insect resistance
,
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
cry3Bb1 | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis | Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin | confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
cry1Ab | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | Cry1Ab 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 |
* : 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 |
European Union | |||
Japan | |||
Mexico | |||
Philippines | |||
South Africa | |||
South Korea | |||
Taiwan | |||
Turkey |
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Last updated: January 21, 2016
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- European Food Safety Authority
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Turkey Biosafety Information Exchange Mechanism
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