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

Method of Trait Introduction:
Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)

GM Trait s :
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Drought stress tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)  Herbicide Tolerance + Abiotic Stress 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
cspB	Bacillus subtilis	cold shock protein B	maintains normal cellular functions under water stress conditions by preserving RNA stability and translation
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
Colombia
Japan
Mexico
South Korea
Taiwan

 

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Biosafety Clearing House
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Mexico CIBIOGEM
• Ministerio de Salud y Proteccion Social - Colombia
• Taiwan Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed