Event Name: AM04-1020
Event Code : BPS-A1Ø2Ø-5
Trade Name: Starch Potato
Crop: Solanum tuberosum L. - Potato
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Developer:
BASF
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
:
Modified starch/carbohydrate
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Modified Product Quality
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
gbss (antisense fragment) | Solanum tuberosum | no functional granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) enzyme is produced; production of GBSS enzyme is suppressed by a gene silencing mechanism | reduces the levels of amylose and increases the levels of amylopectin in starch granules |
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 |
United States of America |
Last updated: February 11, 2015
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
Last updated: February 11, 2015