Event Name: 8338
Event Code : CGN-89322-3
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Lycopersicon esculentum - Tomato
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Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Delayed ripening/senescence
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Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Modified Product Quality
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
accd | Pseudomonas chlororaphis | 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase enzyme | metabolizes the precursor of the fruit ripening hormone ethylene, resulting in delayed fruit ripening |
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 |
United States |
Last updated: September 9, 2019
Event Description
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Last updated: May 6, 2013