Field Test of Cotton Modified for Waterlogging Tolerance
February 22, 2008| |
The Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has received an application for the limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified (GM) for enhanced waterlogging resistance. The application was submitted by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization (CSIRO). The GM lines contain genes coding for certain enzymes activated during anaerobic respiration as well as plant hemoglobin from Arabidopsis. If approved, the trial will be conducted in Narrabri in New South Wales, on a total area of 0.1 ha per growing season from October 2008 to May 2011. CSIRO is bound to adopt certain measures to restrict the dissemination of GM plant materials, like surrounding the trial site with a pollen trap and postharvest monitoring of fields.
Read more at http://www.ogtr.gov.au/ir/dir083.htm
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