Event Name: MON87460 x NK603
Event Code : MON-8746Ø-4 x MON-ØØ6Ø3-6
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
GM Traits: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Drought stress tolerance , Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Herbicide Tolerance (HT) + Abiotic Stress Tolerance (ST)
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 |
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 | |||
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| Thailand |
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Last updated: March 18, 2024
Documents and Links
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Biosafety Clearing House
- FAO GM Foods Platform
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Mexico CIBIOGEM
- Ministerio de Salud y Proteccion Social - Colombia
- Singapore Food Agency
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
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