Event Name: MON1698
Event Code : MON-89383-1
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Singular) Herbicide 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| Canada | |||
| Mexico | |||
| South Africa | |||
| United States |
Last updated: August 7, 2014
Documents and Links
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Center for Environmental Risk Assessment
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
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