Event Name: W8
Event Code : SPS-ØØØW8-4
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Solanum tuberosum L. - Potato
Developer: J.R. Simplot Co.
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Lowered Free Asparagine , Reduced Black Spot , Lowered Reducing Sugars , Foliar Late Blight Resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Disease Resistance (DR) + Modified Product Quality (PQ)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| asn1 | Solanum tuberosum | double stranded RNA | Designed to generate dsRNA to down regulate Asn1 transcripts which lowers asparagine formation |
| ppo5 | Solanum verrucosum | double stranded RNA | Designed to generate dsRNA to down regulate Ppo5 transcripts which lowers black spot bruise development |
| Rpi-vnt1 | Solanum venturii | late blight resistance protein | confers resistance to potato late blight |
| PhL | Solanum tuberosum | double stranded RNA | Designed to generate dsRNA to down regulate PhL transcripts which lowers reducing sugars |
| R1 | Solanum tuberosum | double stranded RNA | Designed to generate dsRNA to down regulate R1 transcripts which lowers reducing sugars |
| Vlnv | Solanum tuberosum | double stranded RNA | downregulates VInv transcripts which lowers reducing sugars |
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 |
| Australia | |||
| Canada | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| United States |
Last updated: September 8, 2019
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Event Description
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