New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2421

✨ Field Trial Conditions for Genetically Modified Potatoes



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2421

Modified by:

  1. CryIAc or Cry9A2gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for resistance to larvae of potato tuber moth
  2. Neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) for resistance to the antibiotic, kanamycin)

Locations of field trial
Institution / Company
New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd. (Crop & Food Research)

Institution / Company Contact(s)
A. J. Conner
Crop & Food Research, Lincoln

Conditions on approval

  1. The approval is for a single field trial to be performed between November 1997 and November 1998;
  2. Only persons authorised by the trial Manager shall be admitted to the trial site;
  3. Transgenic potatoes shall be isolated from other potato crops by at least 50m to prevent possibility of pollen transfer;
  4. Three buffer rows of non-transgenic potato shall surround the trial;
  5. All berries that form on transgenic plants shall be collected and destroyed by autoclave, or seeds removed under containment conditions;
  6. At harvest all tubers will be dug by hand and removed from the site in securely tied sacks. The tubers shall be stored in a containment greenhouse or destroyed;
  7. All harvesting and cultivation equipment shall be thoroughly cleaned before reuse;
  8. The trial site shall be monitored for volunteers for at least two years following completion of the trial. Any volunteer plants shall be removed by hand digging and autoclaved or destroyed by herbicide;
  9. 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;
  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 and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions.

Trial start date
December 1998

Completion date
June 1998

Post harvest monitoring completion date
31 June 1999

Trial Number
56



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