Developer:
Monsanto Company and BASF

Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Trait s :
Drought stress tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Abiotic Stress Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
cspB	Bacillus subtilis	cold shock protein B	maintains normal cellular functions under water stress conditions by preserving RNA stability and translation
nptII  *	Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon	neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme	allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection

 * : 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
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
European Union
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United States of America
Vietnam

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CIB - Brazil
• DA - BPI Approval Registry
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• GMO - Compass
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database