Event Name: GS784

Event Code : OKA-NBØØ2-9
Trade Name:
Arctic™

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: (SingularModified 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
 * : Selection Marker/Reporter

 

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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