New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organisms Approval



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 101

name
Organism Scientific Name

Brassica napus L. oleifera

Modified by:

  1. Barnase gene and Barstar gene for male sterility and restoration
  2. Neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) for kanamycin resistance
  3. Phosphinothricin gene (PAT) from Streptomyces viridochromogenes for resistance to glufosinate herbicides

Locations of field trials
Site 1: Dromore, Canterbury
Site 2: St Andrews, South Canterbury

Institution / Company
Crop and Food Research, Lincoln on behalf of Plant Genetic Systems (PGS), Belgium.

Institution / Company Contact(s)
T. Conner, Crop and Food Research, Lincoln
G. Prebble, Enzol Holdings, Ashburton

Conditions on approval

  1. The approval is for a single field trial to be performed in the 1996/97 growing season. Separate approval will be required for any subsequent field trial;

  2. Only persons authorised by the trial manager shall be admitted to the trial site;

  3. The total crop area of the trial shall be no more than 0.5 hectares;

  4. The canola plots shall be contained within isolation tents, designed to stop the escape of seed by preventing the entry of birds and rodents;

  5. Tents shall include rodent resistant skirts buried at least 30 cm into the ground;

  6. Tents shall be erected over the canola crops prior to any flowering;

  7. Tents shall be checked daily during flowering, to seed maturity and throughout harvesting, to ensure that their integrity is maintained;

  8. An isolation zone of 2 kilometres from any other brassica crop, shall be maintained, to guard against the possibility for outcrossing. The 2km isolation zone shall be monitored, with removal of any weedy brassicas. The isolation zone monitoring shall be maintained during the trial and for the subsequent 4 years, or one year beyond time when no new seedlings appear. The isolation zone should not include any part of the isolation zone of any other transgenic canola trial;

  9. Seed shall be hand harvested. Following harvesting, trash is to be burnt on site and the site irrigated to promote germination of remaining seed and seedlings controlled through a herbicide or other effective means of removal. Throughout the monitoring period the site shall not be cultivated in a manner that buries seed;

  10. Bee hives shall be placed within the tents during flowering. Hives shall not be removed until at least one day after no viable pollen is detected in the hives;

  11. All machinery used in the trial is to be thoroughly cleaned to remove any seed before it leaves the trial site;

  12. A final report shall be made to the IAG on the completion of the trial.



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🏥 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms Approvals) Order 1998 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Genetically Modified Organisms, Approvals, Researcher approvals, Plant species, Containment categories
  • T. Conner, Institution/Company Contact
  • G. Prebble, Institution/Company Contact