Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Trait :
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of 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

 

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
Argentina
Australia
Canada
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
European Union
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Vietnam

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• 2018 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual - Table of Approved Traits in China
• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• AVA - Approved GMOs Singapore
• Biosafety Clearing House - Uruguay
• Biosafety Scanner
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• European Food Safety Authority
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Gabinete Nacional de Bioseguridad - Uruguay
• Iran Biosafety Clearing House
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
• National Biosafety Management Agency Decision-Nigeria
• Nigeria Biosafety Clearing House
• Status of Application for Direct Use-Philippines
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration
• US Food and Drug Administration
• USDA-FAS GAIN Report - South Africa 2014

Detection Methods

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