TESTBIOTECH Background 20 - 12 -2020
Stacked soybean DAS-81419-2 x DAS-44406-6 contains genes conferring resistance to threegroups of herbicides: – glyphosate (2mEPSPS protein),– 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and other related phenoxy herbicides (AAD–12protein),– glufosinate ammonium (PAT protein). Further, the plants have resistance to lepidopteran pests through the expression of Bt toxins, Cry1Fand Cry1Ac. Implementing Regulation 503/2003 was applied in this case. In weiterlesen
TESTBIOTECH Background 30 - 9 - 2020
In 2019, the National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities published a ‘Statement’ on genome editing, also known as new genomic techniques or new techniques of genetic engineering (New GE). The authors of the ‘Statement’ claim that there are no specific weiterlesen
TESTBIOTECH Background 30 - 8 - 2020
The genetically engineered, herbicide-tolerant (glyphosate) oilseed rape, GT73, produces two different enzymes that confer herbicide resistance (CP4 EPSPS and GOX proteins). The assessment for renewal of authorisation was carried out within the framework of EU Implementing Regulation 503/2013 (EFSA, 2020a).
Maize MZIR098 was produced by Syngenta to express the following proteins:• synthetic Bt toxin eCry3.1Ab (fusion of modified Cry3A (mCry3A) gene and a synthetic Cry1Ab),• synthetic Bt toxin mCry3A (plant codon optimised Cry3A),• PAT conferring resistance to the active herbicide ingredient, glufosinate ammonium. Implementing Regulation 503/2013 was applied in the EFSA risk assessment (EFSA, 2020a).
