New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organisms Trial Conditions



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wild brassica seedlings that appear will be removed and destroyed;

  1. The trial will be monitored daily, once flower initiation is apparent;

  2. Any wild brassica seedlings that appear within the trial shall be destroyed by hoeing or herbicide.

  3. All trial plants shall be removed or destroyed prior to any flower buds opening, allowing there will be no opportunity for pollen transfer;

  4. At completion of the trial the plants shall be dug out of the ground, and a number may be repotted into a containment greenhouse for flowering and seed collection. The trial site shall be ploughed to cut up all remaining plant material and prevent regrowth;

  5. The trial site will be monitored for volunteer plants for one year following completion of the trial;

  6. Any plants found in the post trial monitoring period shall be assayed by Polymerase Chain Reaction analysis to determine if they originate as escapes from the trial or as volunteer weeds. The plants will be destroyed by herbicide, or removed by hand and autoclaved or incinerated;

  7. 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;

  8. 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;

  9. 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;

  10. The applicant shall ensure that all staff involved in the operations and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions.

Trial start date March 1998
Completion date To be confirmed
Post harvest monitoring completion date 1 year from completion date

Trial Number 55
Project title Field testing of potatoes genetically modified for resistance to larvae of potato tuber moth
Application approved 24 November 1997
Approved trial period November 1997–November 1998
Organism Common name Potato
Organism Scientific Name Solanum tuberosum L.



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