Event Name: BXN10211 (10211)
Event Code : BXN-1Ø211-9
Trade Name: BXN™ Cotton
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
:
Oxynil herbicide tolerance
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Herbicide Tolerance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
bxn | Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. Ozaenae | nitrilase enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of oxynil herbicides (eg. bromoxynil) |
nptII * | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon | neomycin phosphotransferase II enzyme | allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
* : 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 |
Australia | |||
Mexico | |||
New Zealand | |||
United States |
Last updated: September 8, 2019
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013