Event Name: MON88913
Event Code : MON-88913-8
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ Flex™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
:
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Herbicide Tolerance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
cp4 epsps (aroA:CP4) | Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4 | herbicide tolerant form of 5-enolpyruvulshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme | decreases binding affinity for glyphosate, thereby conferring increased tolerance to glyphosate herbicide |
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 | |||
China | |||
Colombia | |||
Costa Rica | |||
European Union | |||
Japan | |||
Mexico | |||
New Zealand | |||
Philippines | |||
Singapore | |||
South Africa | |||
South Korea | |||
Taiwan | |||
United States |
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Last updated: April 23, 2019
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- AVA - Approved GMOs Singapore
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- GMO - Compass
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
- Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013