Event Name: BT17

Event Code : NMK-89593-9
Trade Name:
New Leaf™ Russet Burbank potato

Crop: Solanum tuberosum L. - Potato

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

Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Traits: Coleopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait: (SingularInsect Resistance (IR)

 

Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced Gene Source Product Function
cry3A Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis cry3A delta endotoxin confers resistance to coleopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
nptII  * Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection
 * : Selection Marker/Reporter

 

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      
United States      

Last updated: September 13, 2019

 

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Regulatory and Biosafety Information

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