Limited Release of GM Cotton with Waterlogging Tolerance
June 5, 2008| |
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization (CSIRO) has submitted an application to the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) for the limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for waterlogging resistance. OGTR has prepared a Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) which concludes that the release of the GM cotton lines poses negligible risk to human health and safety, or to the environment. The GM lines contain genes coding for certain enzymes activated during anaerobic respiration as well as plant hemoglobin from Arabidopsis.
To finalize the RARMP, which will be the basis of the decision on whether to issue a license, OGTR now seeks comments and advice regarding the release. 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. If approved, CSIRO is bound to adopt certain measures to restrict the dissemination and persistence of GM plant materials in the environment.
Read more at http://www.ogtr.gov.au/ir/dir083.htm
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