Event Name: Bt11 (X4334CBR, X4734CBR)

Event Code : SYN-BTØ11-1
Trade Name:
Agrisure™ CB/LL

Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn

Developer: Syngenta

Method of Trait Introduction: Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue

GM Traits: Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait: (StackedHerbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR)

 

Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced Gene Source Product Function
pat Streptomyces viridochromogenes phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
cry1Ab Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining

 

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
Argentina      
Australia      
Brazil      
Canada      
China      
Colombia      
European Union      
Indonesia      
Iran      
Japan      
Malaysia      
Mexico      
New Zealand      
Nigeria      
Paraguay      
Philippines      
Russia      
Singapore      
South Africa      
South Korea      
Switzerland      
Taiwan      
Thailand      
Turkey      
United States      
Uruguay      
Vietnam      
renewed 2009, 2012, 2018 (Biosafety certificate validity: December 20, 2018-December 20, 2021)
renewed 2009, 2012, 2018 (Biosafety certificate validity: December 20, 2018-December 20, 2021)
Source: CIB - Brazil
renewal 2010; expires 2020; approved in sweet corn in 2004; renewed August 2021 (https://bit.ly/3M0Hbb7)
renewal 2010; expires 2020; renewed August 2021 (https://bit.ly/3M0Hbb7)
Authorization period: 10th April 2019 to 31st December 2022
Authorization period: 10th April 2019 to 31st December 2022
renewal 2005, 2008, 2010, 2019 (valid until September 24, 2024)
renewal 2005, 2008, 2010, 2019 (valid until September 24, 2024)
Renewed 2015, 2020
renewal 2011
renewal 2011
first approval in 1998
first approval in 1998
Under consideration (2022)
This event in sweet corn was approved in 2012.
This event in sweet corn was approved in 2012.

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Last updated: October 24, 2023

 

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