Event Name: MON87708
Event Code : MON-877Ø8-9
Trade Name: Genuity® Roundup Ready™ 2 Xtend™
Crop: Glycine max L. - Soybean
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Dicamba herbicide tolerance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Herbicide Tolerance (HT)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| dmo | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain DI-6 | dicamba mono-oxygenase enzyme | confers tolerance to the herbicide dicamba (2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid) by using dicamba as substrate in an enzymatic reaction |
| 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 |
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Last updated: October 19, 2023
Documents and Links
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - USA
- Biosafety Clearing House
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CIB-Brazil
- DA- Bureau of Plant Industry
- Determination of Non-Regulated Status for MON87708
- FAO GM Foods Platform
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- GMO - Compass
- Indonesia BCH
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
- National Biosafety Management Agency Decision-Nigeria
- Nigeria Biosafety Clearing House
- Singapore Food Agency
- Turkey Biosafety Information Exchange Mechanism
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report 2016 - China
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