GM Wheat and Barley with Altered Grain Starch Composition
December 19, 2008| |
Australia’s Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) is currently assessing license application from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to intentionally release genetically modified (GM) wheat and barley lines into the environment. If approved, the trial will be conducted in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on a maximum area of 1 ha between July 2009 and June 2012. The GM lines contain two partial genes from wheat involved in grain starch biosynthesis, as well as the antibiotic resistance genes hpt and nptII. CSIRO is bound to adopt certain measures to restrict the dissemination of GM plant materials, such as surrounding the trial site with a pollen trap and postharvest monitoring of fields.
Some products made from the GM wheat and barley may be fed to rats and pigs in controlled laboratory experiments. Products containing GM wheat from this trial may also be consumed by a small group of volunteers as part of a carefully controlled nutritional study.
For more information, contact ogtr@health.gov.au or visit http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/Content/dir093
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