Event Name: MIR162 x MON 87427 x MON 88017 x MON 94804 x MON 95379
Event Code : SYN-IR162-4 x MON-87427-7 x MON-88Ø17-3 x MON-948Ø4-4 x MON-95379-3
Trade Name: N/A
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: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Coleopteran insect resistance , Lepidopteran insect resistance , Short stature
Commercial Trait: (Singular) Herbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR) + Altered Growth/Yield (AGY)
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 |
| cry1B.868 | Bacillus thuringiensis | crystalline protein prototoxin Cry1B.868 | The cry1B.868 coding sequence is under control of a Zea mays ubiquitin promoter and an Oryza sativa lipid transfer-like protein terminator. The promoter contains the promoter, leader and intron sequences from the maize ubiquitin gene. High levels of transcription are expected in all tissues due to the constitutive nature of the promoter. |
| cry1Da_7 | Bacillus thuringiensis | crystalline protein prototoxin Cry1Da_7 | The cry1Da_7 coding sequence is under control of a Setaria italica promoter and an O. sativa gos2 terminator. The first intron of the rice actin 15 gene was also included and likely improves expression of the gene. |
| cry3Bb1 | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis | Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin | confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
| GA20ox_SUP | Zea mays (maize) | gibberellic acid/gibbrellin 20 oxidase 3 and 5 proteins | reduction of gibberellic acid/gibberellin (GA) levels predominantly in the stalk, leading to a reduction of internode length and consequently reduced overall plant height compared to conventional maize comparator |
| 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 |
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 |
| Brazil |
Last updated: December 19, 2024
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