Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue

GM Trait s :
Coleopteran insect resistance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Insect Resistance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
cry3Bb1	Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis	Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin	confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm by selectively damaging their midgut lining
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
Canada
China
Colombia
European Union
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United States

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• AVA - Approved GMOs Singapore
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• DA - BPI Approval Registry - Unrenewed
• European Food Safety Authority
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
• Nigeria Biosafety Clearing House
• Turkish Biosafety Board Decision
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Food and Drug Administration

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database