antibiotic resistance

MON863 x MON810 x NK603 maize is a product of the Monsanto company. It combines a coleopteran- and lepidopteran-specific insect resistance with tolerance to glyphosate herbicides.

MON863 x MON810 x NK603 maize is commercially grown in the USA and in Canada. Additionaly, the triple stacked event is approved for import as food and feed in several other countries, including the EU.

The GM starch potato Amflora owned by BASF has been genetically modified to inhibit the production of one of the two starches naturally occurring in potatoes so that it contains more then 99% of amylopectin but very little amylosee. It also contains an antibiotic resistance gene as marker.