Event Name: T304-40 x GHB119

Event Code : BCS-GHØØ4-7 x BCS-GHØØ5-8
Trade Name:
TwinLink™ Cotton

Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton

Developer: Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction: Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)

GM Traits: Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait: (StackedHerbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR)

 

Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced Gene Source Product Function
cry1Ab Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
cry2Ae Bacillus thuringiensis subsp Dakota Cry2Ae delta-endotoxin confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
bar Streptomyces hygroscopicus phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation

 

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      
Brazil      
Canada      
Singapore      
South Korea      
United States      

Last updated: March 18, 2024

 

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