Event Name: MON71800
Event Code : MON-718ØØ-3
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ wheat
Crop: Triticum aestivum - Wheat
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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 |
| Australia | |||
| Colombia | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| United States |
Withdrawn
*Monsanto reportedly stopped pursuing the regulatory process.
*Monsanto reportedly stopped pursuing the regulatory process.
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Last updated: November 18, 2013
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013
