Event Name: Bt Brinjal Event EE1
Event Code : Bt Brinjal Event EE1
Trade Name: BARI Bt Begun-1, -2, -3 and -4
Crop: Solanum melongena - Eggplant
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Developer:
Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (MAHYCO)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Lepidopteran insect resistance
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Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
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 |
aad * | Escherichia coli | 3''(9)-O-aminoglycoside adenylyltransferase enzyme | allows selection for resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics such as spectinomycin and streptomycin |
* : 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 |
Bangladesh |
Last updated: November 20, 2013
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
- Bangladesh Development Research Center
- India Ministry of Environment and Forests
- India Ministry of Environment and Forests
- ISAAA
- ISAAA
Last updated: January 12, 2013