New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2399

✨ Genetically Modified Organisms Approvals



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2399

SCHEDULE 2: Approvals for Transition on the recommendation of the Interim Assessment Group

Unless otherwise stated, in this schedule the term applicant refers to the organisation or person named in the row of the table labelled “Institution/Company.”

Trial Number
35

Project title
Field test of white clover genetically modified for resistance to white clover mosaic virus (WC1MV)

Application approved
2 July 1995

Approved trial period
November 1995-November 1996

Organism Common name
White Clover

Organism Scientific Name
Trifolium repens L

Modified by:

  1. Gene for resistance to white clover mosaic virus (WC1MV)
  2. Neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (NPTII) for kanamycin resistance

Locations of field trial
Aorangi Lowland Research Farm, Palmerston North

Institution / Company
Grasslands Division, New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd, in collaboration with the Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand.

Institution / Company Contact(s)
R. E. Burgess, Project Coordinator

Conditions on approval:

  1. Only persons authorised by the project management shall be admitted to the trial site;
  2. The plants shall be transported to the site in secure boxes;
  3. Any unused plants shall be destroyed by incineration;
  4. The field trial block shall be surrounded by 5m border of cereal and borage, to minimise risk of bee transport of pollen;
  5. An exclusion zone of 100m shall be maintained from the nearest white clover plants not part of the trial;
  6. Trial site shall be kept free of herbivores including rabbits and sheep;
  7. All inflorescences shall be removed before anthesis and monitored, at least weekly, in summer;
  8. All plant material leaving the site shall be secured in labelled, sealed packaging and be destroyed by autoclaving or incineration;
  9. At the conclusion of the test, all clover plants remaining to be killed with herbicide;
  10. The site shall be monitored for two years after the completion of the experiment, with any volunteer white clover plants to be killed with herbicide;
  11. The trial is approved for one year from planting;
  12. The IAG shall be informed of the start date;
  13. The Biological Safety Officer shall be responsible for monitoring the field trial and reporting to the IAG or its successor;
  14. A written report of the field test shall be provided to the IAG when the field trial is completed.

Trial start date
November 1995



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