New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organism Notices



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requested by the IAG, or its successor;
11. The applicant shall ensure that all staff involved in the operations and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions.

Conditions post harvest N/A
Trial start date January 1998
Completion date January 2003
Post harvest monitoring completion date N/A

Trial Number 46
Project title Field trial of herbicide tolerant maize for breeding purposes
Application approved 10 November 1997
Approved trial period November 1997- November 1998
Organism Common name Maize
Organism Scientific Name Zea mays
Modified by:

  1. Phosphinothricin gene (PAT) from Streptomyces viridochromogenes for resistance to glufosinate herbicides
  2. Ξ²-lactamase ampicillin resistant gene

Locations of field trial
Institution / Company Arrowville Road, Aka Aka
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, IA. USA
Institution / Company Contact(s) R. Oliver, Pioneer Overseas Corporation, PUKEKOHE

Conditions on approval

  1. The approval is for a single field trial to be performed in the 1997/98 growing season;
  2. Only persons authorised by the trial Manager shall be admitted to the trial site;
  3. The trial shall be isolated from other maize by at least 400m;
  4. The maize shall be hand pollinated;
  5. Male donor silks shall be detasseled after crossing;
  6. Female recipients and donor tassels shall be bagged;
  7. All seed produced will be exported or destroyed;
  8. The residual plant material, at the completion of the trial will be cultivated into the soil;
  9. The IAG, or its successor, may at reasonable times, carry out annual inspections of the trial during the approved trial period, with additional post trial inspections as necessary;
  10. The applicant shall maintain, and provide for inspection on request, a log showing the actions taken to manage the trial in relation to the conditions imposed;
  11. The applicant shall provide a written report to the IAG, or its successor, on completion of the trial, or at any other time if requested by the IAG, or its successor;
  12. At the completion of the trial the site shall be planted in a non-maize crop and monitored, monthly, for maize volunteers for 1 year.
  13. The applicant shall ensure that all staff involved in the


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🌾 Field trial of herbicide tolerant maize for breeding purposes

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
10 November 1997
Genetically Modified Organisms, Field Trial, Maize, Herbicide Tolerance, Breeding, Aka Aka
  • R. Oliver, Contact for Pioneer Overseas Corporation