Event Name: 31707
Event Code : not available
Trade Name: BXN™ Plus Bollgard™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
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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
:
Oxynil herbicide tolerance
,
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Herbicide Tolerance
+
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
bxn | Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. Ozaenae | nitrilase enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of oxynil herbicides (eg. bromoxynil) |
cry1Ac | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain HD73 | Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran 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
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: August 10, 2012
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
Last updated: January 12, 2013