Event Name: T304-40 x GHB119
Event Code : BCS-GHØØ4-7 x BCS-GHØØ5-8
Trade Name: TwinLink™ Cotton
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
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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 |
Last updated: September 12, 2019
Event Description
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
Last updated: May 6, 2013