Event Name: MLS 9124
Event Code : not available
Trade Name: not available
Crop: Gossypium hirsutum L. - Cotton
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
Developer:
Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd (India)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Trait
s
:
Lepidopteran insect resistance
,
Antibiotic resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
cry1C | synthetic gene derived from Bacillus thuringiensis | Cry1C delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects, specifically Spodoptera |
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 |
India |
Last updated: April 24, 2019
Event Description
- Biosafety Scanner
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- Technical Update: Bt cotton events and hybrids in India, 2002 to 2010
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- India Biosafety Clearing House Decision
- GEAC Biosafety Data of Approved GM crops
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - India 2018
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013