Event Name: MON863 x MON810
Event Code : MON-ØØ863-5 x MON-ØØ81Ø-6
Trade Name: YieldGard™ Plus
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
GM Traits: Coleopteran insect resistance , Lepidopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Insect Resistance (IR)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| cry3Bb1 | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis | Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin | confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm 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 |
| nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
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 |
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Last updated: January 21, 2016
Documents and Links
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- European Food Safety Authority
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Turkey Biosafety Information Exchange Mechanism
Detection Methods
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