Event Name: MON88017
Event Code : MON-88Ø17-3
Trade Name: YieldGard™ VT™ Rootworm™ RR2
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
Developer: Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
GM Traits: Glyphosate herbicide tolerance , Coleopteran insect resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Herbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| cp4 epsps (aroA:CP4) | Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4 | herbicide tolerant form of 5-enolpyruvulshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme | decreases binding affinity for glyphosate, thereby conferring increased tolerance to glyphosate herbicide |
| cry3Bb1 | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kumamotoensis | Cry3Bb1 delta endotoxin | confers resistance to coleopteran insects particularly corn rootworm by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
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 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 |
| Australia | 2006 | ||
| Brazil | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 |
| Canada | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 |
| China | 2010 * | 2010 * | |
| Colombia | 2011 | 2010 | |
| European Union | 2009 * | 2009 * | |
| Ghana | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Honduras | 2013 | ||
| Indonesia | 2018 | ||
| Iran | 2016 | ||
| Japan | 2005 * | 2006 | 2006 |
| Malaysia | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Mexico | 2006 | ||
| New Zealand | 2006 | ||
| Nigeria | 2019 * | 2019 * | |
| Philippines | 2006 * | 2006 * | |
| Russia | 2007 * | 2008 * | |
| Singapore | 2007 | 2014 | |
| South Africa | 2011 | 2011 | |
| South Korea | 2006 | 2006 | |
| Switzerland | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Taiwan | 2006 | ||
| Thailand | 2013 * | ||
| Turkey | 2011 | ||
| United States | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 |
| Vietnam | 2015 | 2015 |
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Last updated: December 26, 2024
Documents and Links
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- AVA - Approved GMOs Singapore
- Biosafety Clearing - House
- Biosafety Scanner
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- European Food Safety Authority
- FAO GM Foods Platform
- FDHA- Switzerland
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Iran Biosafety Clearing House
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Vietnam
- National Biosafety Board Decision - Malaysia
- National Biosafety Management Agency Decision-Nigeria
- Singapore Food Agency
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
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