Event Name: T25

Event Code : ACS-ZMØØ3-2
Trade Name:
Liberty Link™ Maize

Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn

Developer: Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction: Chemically mediated introduction into protoplasts and regeneration

GM Traits: Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Antibiotic resistance

Commercial Trait: (SingularHerbicide Tolerance (HT)

 

Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced Gene Source Product Function
pat (syn) synthetic form of pat gene derived from Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu 494 phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation
bla  * Escherichia coli beta lactamase enzyme detoxifies beta lactam antibiotics such as ampicillin
 * : Selection Marker/Reporter

 

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
Argentina 1998 1998 1998
Australia 2002    
Brazil 2007 2007 2007
Canada 1997 1997 1996
China 2002 * 2002 *  
Colombia 2012 2011  
European Union 1998 * 1998 * 1998 *
Indonesia 2020    
Iran   2016  
Japan 2001 2003 2004
Malaysia 2013 2013  
Mexico 2007    
New Zealand 2002    
Nigeria 2018 2018  
Paraguay 2021 2021  
Philippines 2003 * 2003 *  
Russia 2007 2006  
Singapore 2014 2014  
South Africa 2001 2001  
South Korea 2003 2004  
Switzerland 2024 2024  
Taiwan 2002 *    
Thailand 2022    
Turkey   2015  
United States 1995 1995 1995
Vietnam 2015 2015  

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Last updated: December 26, 2024

 

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