Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Monsanto gains clearance for a single event stacked gene corn line

I hope your holidays went well. I am finally back from mine. Now, for some news: From the St. Louis Business Journal - Monsanto gets federal clearance for corn traits
Monsanto Co. said Monday it received federal regulatory clearance for two of its genetically modified corn traits, which it called a "major step" toward the commercialization of the products. The clearances were for the MON88017, which combines the company's traits that protect the corn against rootworm and Roundup herbicide, and another variety that includes protection against the corn borer pest.
This line is different from other gene stacked lines in that both genes were inserted in a single "event". Traditional (if you want to call it that) stacked trait lines were created by inserting each gene individually into different lines and combining the traits into one line by traditional breeding methods. This new approach should be faster.

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