Event Name: COT102 x COT67B x MON88913
Event Code : SYN-IR1Ø2-7 x SYN-IR67B-1 x MON-88913-8
Trade Name: VIPCOT™ Roundup Ready Flex™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
Developer: Syngenta and Monsanto Company
Method of Trait Introduction: Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
GM Traits: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Herbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR)
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 |
| vip3A(a) | Bacillus thuringiensis strain AB88 | VIP3A vegetative insecticidal protein | confers resistance to feeding damage caused by lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
| cry1Ab | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
| aph4 (hpt) * | Escherichia coli | hygromycin-B phosphotransferase (hph) enzyme | allows selection for resistance to the antibiotic hygromycin B |
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 |
| Costa Rica |
Last updated: August 21, 2012
Documents and Links
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
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