Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Chemically mediated introduction into protoplasts and regeneration

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
pat (syn)	synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
bla  *	Escherichia coli	beta lactamase enzyme	detoxifies beta lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin

 * : 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
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
European Union
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
Russian Federation
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Turkey
United States of America
Vietnam

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• Brazil CTNBio
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• EU Scientific Committee on Plants
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• GMO - Compass
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
• Philippines - Department of Agriculure
• Turkish Biosafety Board Decision
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database