Event Name: GA21 x MON810
Event Code : MON-ØØØ21-9 x MON-ØØ81Ø-6
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ YieldGard™ maize
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
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Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
GM Trait
s
:
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance
,
Lepidopteran insect resistance
Commercial Trait:
(Stacked)
Herbicide Tolerance
+
Insect Resistance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
mepsps | Zea mays | modified 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme | confers tolerance to glyphosate herbicides |
cry1Ab | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
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 |
European Union | |||
Japan | |||
Philippines | |||
South Africa | |||
South Korea |
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Last updated: March 11, 2015
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
Last updated: May 6, 2013