Event Name: GTS 40-3-2 (40-3-2)

Event Code : MON-Ø4Ø32-6
Trade Name:
Roundup Ready™ soybean

Crop: Glycine max L. - Soybean

Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)

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

GM Trait: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance

Commercial Trait: (SingularHerbicide Tolerance (HT)

 

Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced Gene Source Product Function
cp4 epsps (aroA:CP4) Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4 herbicide tolerant form of 5-enolpyruvulshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme decreases binding affinity for glyphosate, thereby conferring increased tolerance to glyphosate herbicide

 

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      
Bolivia      
Brazil      
Canada      
Chile      
China      
Colombia      
Costa Rica      
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      
seed production is allowed for re-export
renewed 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 (Biosafety certificate validity: December 20, 2018-December 20, 2021)
renewed 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 (Biosafety certificate validity: December 20, 2018-December 20, 2021)
renewal 2012; expires 2022
renewal 2012; expires 2022
Authorization period: 10th April 2019 to 31st December 2022
Authorization period: 10th April 2019 to 31st December 2022
renewal 2008, 2018
renewal 2008, 2018
renewed 2001, 2002, 2006
renewed 2001, 2002, 2006
expires 2012
renewal 2021

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Last updated: March 18, 2024

 

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