Insect- killing Soy MON87701 (Monsanto)

Applicant: 
Monsanto
Plant: 
Soybean
Trait: 
Inseticidal
Event: 
MON87701
Approval: 
Food and feed
Bt-Toxin: 
Cry1Ac
Transformation Method: 
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Inserted gene: 

cry1Ac (modified by site directed mutagenesis to enhance expression rate)

Antibiotic resistance: 
no
Other important parts of the construct: 

Promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana rbcS4 gene

Scope of application: 
Food and feed
Date of approval in the EU: 
10/02/2012
Status of authorisation: 
Authorised in EU
Updated: 
19 April, 2016