Westar Roundup Ready

GT73 oilseed rape

This oilseed rape (canola, Brassica napa) is genetically modified using Agrobacterium tumefaciens to make it herbicide tolerant against Monsanto's herbicide glyphosate (Roundup). It contains two different transgenes to confer the herbicide tolerance: cp4 epsps as well as goxv247.
It is produced by Monsanto and marketed as "Westar Roundup Ready". GT73 is synonym with RT73, as which it was registerd in the US.

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import
processing
feed materials/additives
food materials/additives
feed
food
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EU authorization status
subject to withdrawl and/or bans: 
(national) bans in place
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Austria banned GT73 in January 2006

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Related application(s): 
Renewal of GT73 food and feed authorization
Renewal of GT73 feed authorization
agbios database entry
Biosafety Clearing-House entry
Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) record on the gene gox
Scientific articles: 
Austrian Ministry for Health: Scientific arguments for an import ban of herbicide tolerant oilseed rape GT73
Umweltbundesamt (Austria: 2005): Risk assessment of GMO products in the European Union
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