New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2417

✨ Field Trial Approval



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2417

Organism Common name
Apple

Organism Scientific Name
Malus domestica cv ‘Royal Gala’

Modified by:

  1. Acetolactate synthase (als) gene conferring resistance to the herbicide, chlorsulfuron;
  2. β-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS);
  3. ACC synthase gene expected to modify the ethylene production in plant tissue;
  4. Neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) for kanamycin resistance

Locations of field trial
HortResearch Mt Albert Research Centre, Auckland

Institution / Company
Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd (HortResearch)

Institution / Company Contact(s)
D. Cohen
B.A.M. Morris
HortResearch, Mt Albert

Conditions on approval

  1. The approval is for a single field trial to be performed between December 1997 and December 1998;
  2. Only persons authorised by the trial Manager shall be admitted to the trial site;
  3. Flowering trees shall only be transferred to the field trial site once all pollen release has ceased;
  4. Mt Albert security officers shall visit the site daily;
  5. The trial shall be conducted inside a 2m fence enclosure, with a single locked entrance. The wire mesh fence shall be covered in plastic windcloth, to reduce wind damage and screen the area from visitors;
  6. Fruit bearing trees shall be covered with plastic bird netting as fruit nears maturity;
  7. The site shall be inspected at two day intervals, and fallen fruit will be collected and destroyed;
  8. Traps shall be set to attract and catch any rodents that enter the site;
  9. All fruit will be collected at maturity and all trees will be removed from the trial site and returned to containment glasshouses;
  10. Following the trial the site will be monitored for 1 year for volunteer seedlings;
  11. The IAG, its representatives, or its successor may at reasonable times, carry out up to 6 inspections of the trial during the trial period, with additional post trial inspections as necessary;
  12. 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;
  13. 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;
  14. The applicant shall ensure that all staff involved in the operations and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions.


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