Developer:
Centre Bioengineering, Russian Academy of Sciences

Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation

GM Trait s :
Coleopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

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

 * : 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
Russia

 

Event Description

• Black Sea Biotechnology Association