Event Name: MON531
Event Code : MON-ØØ531-6
Trade Name: Bollgard™ Cotton, Ingard™
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| cry1Ac | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73 | Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
| nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
| aad * | Escherichia coli | 3''(9)-O-aminoglycoside adenylyltransferase enzyme | allows selection for resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics such as spectinomycin and streptomycin |
* : 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 | |||
| Costa Rica | |||
| European Union | |||
| India | |||
| Japan | |||
| Mexico | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| Pakistan | |||
| Paraguay | |||
| Philippines | |||
| Singapore | |||
| South Africa | |||
| South Korea | |||
| Sudan | |||
| Taiwan | |||
| United States |
* point mouse arrow over year for notes
Last updated: July 26, 2019
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- AVA - Approved GMOs Singapore
- Brazil CTNBio
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Center for Environmental Risk Assessment
- CIB - Brazil
- European Food Safety Authority
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- India Biosafety Clearing House-Commercial Release Permit
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - India 2018
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013
