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

Method of Trait Introduction:
Chemically mediated introduction into protoplasts and regeneration

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
pat (syn)	synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
bla  *	Escherichia coli	beta lactamase enzyme	detoxifies beta lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin

 * : 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
Canada
Japan
South Africa
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• Center fo Environmental Risk Assessment
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• GMO Detection Method Database