New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organisms Field Trial



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operations and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions;

Trial start date
November 1997

Completion date
April 1998

Post harvest monitoring completion date
30 April 1999

Trial Number
47

Project title
Field trial of insect tolerant maize for breeding purposes

Application approved
10 November 97

Approved trial period
October 1997-October 1998

Organism Common name
Maize

Organism Scientific Name
Zea mays

Modified by:

  1. CryIA(b) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis gene for European Corn Borer tolerance
  2. Neomycin-phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) for kanamycin resistance
  3. lacZ alpha gene
  4. CP4 EPSPS gene for glyphosate resistance
  5. GOX gene encoding glyphosate metabolising enzyme

Locations of field trial
Arrowville Road, Aka Aka

Institution / Company
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, IA, USA
R. Oliver, Pioneer Overseas Corporation
P O Box 280
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. The applicant shall ensure that all staff involved in the operations


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