Event Name: MON88701
Event Code : MON 887Ø1-3
Trade Name: not available
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
:
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance
,
Dicamba herbicide tolerance
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Herbicide Tolerance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
dmo | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain DI-6 | dicamba mono-oxygenase enzyme | confers tolerance to the herbicide dicamba (2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid) by using dicamba as substrate in an enzymatic reaction |
bar | Streptomyces hygroscopicus | phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation |
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 | |||
Brazil | |||
Canada | |||
Colombia | |||
Costa Rica | |||
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United States |
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Last updated: September 10, 2019
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - USA
- Biosafety Clearing House - Costa Rica
- CIB - Brazil
- CIBIOGEM - Mexico
- Determination of Non-Regulated Status for MON88701
- Food Standards - Australia New Zealand
- Health Canada
- INVIMA - Colombia
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Korean Biosafety Clearing House
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
Last updated: January 12, 2013