Event Name: GD743
Event Code : OKA-NBØØ1-8
Trade Name: Arctic™ "Golden Delicious" Apple
Crop: Malus x Domestica - Apple
Developer: Okanagan Specialty Fruits Incorporated
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Antibiotic resistance , Non-Browning
Commercial Trait: (Singular) Modified Product Quality (PQ)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| PGAS PPO suppression gene | Malus domestica | double stranded RNA (dsRNA) | double stranded RNA (dsRNA)from the suppression transcript is processed into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that direct the cleavage of the target mRNA through sequence complementarity and suppresses PPO resulting in apples with a non-browning phenotype. |
| 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 |
| Canada | |||
| United States |
Last updated: March 24, 2015
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