Developer:
Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)

GM Trait s :
Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)  Herbicide Tolerance + Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
cry1Ab	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki	Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
cry2Ae	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp Dakota	Cry2Ae delta-endotoxin	confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining
bar	Streptomyces hygroscopicus	phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme	eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation

 

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
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
South Korea
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Brazil CTNBio
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CIB - Brazil
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator - Australia
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration
• US Food and Drug Administration