YieldGard

Event MON810

MON810 maize is a product of the Monsanto company. The maize line has been genetically modified to be resistant against lepidopteran insects.

In 2009, MON810 maize was commercially grown in 17 countries, including six countries of the EU. Additionally, MON810 was imported in several other countries.

MON810 maize was produced by particle bombardment and contains a truncated cry1Ab gene which confers resistance against European stemborer and other lepidoptera.

authorization status:

import

processing

feed

food

cultivation

link to EU authorization:

EU authorization status

subject to withdrawl and/or bans:

(national) bans in place

details on withdrawl or bans:

The cultivation of MON810 is currently banned in Austria, Hungary, France, Greece, Germany, and Luxembourg

Genes:

cry1Ab

GM Event:

MON810

Trade name:

YieldGard

Traits:

IR - lepidoptera

agbios database entry

Biosafety Clearing-House entry

Scientific articles:

Bohn et al. (2008): Reduced Fitness of Daphnia magna Fed a Bt-Transgenic Maize Variety

Rosi-Marshall et al. (2007): Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems

Read more about Event MON810

MON863

MON863 maize is a product of the Monsanto company. The maize line was produced by particle acceleration (biolistic) transformation and contains the following two foreign genes:

- a cry3Bb1 gene from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kumamotoensis. The cry3Bb1 gene encodes a Coleopteran-specific insecticidal protein.

- a nptII gene. NptII is an antibiotic resistance marker gene encoding the enzyme neomycin phosphotransferase II