β¨ Field Trial Completion Notice
31 JULY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2423
Post harvest monitoring completion date 31 May 1999
Trial Number 57
Project title Potatoes with soft rot and blackleg bacteria resistance
Application approved 24 November 1997
Approved trial period November 1997-November 1998
Organism Common name Potato
Organism Scientific Name Solanum tuberosum L.
Modified by: 1. Antibacterial genes (cecropin B or magainin II or lysozyme) that are highly active against Erwinia soft-rots.
2. Neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT II) for kanamycin resistance.
Locations of field trial Crop & Food Research, Lincoln
Institution / Company New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd. (Crop & Food Research)
Institution / Company Contact(s) A. J. Conner
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 May 1998
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πΎ Post-harvest monitoring completion for genetically modified potato trial
πΎ Primary Industries & Resources31 July 1998
Genetically Modified Organisms, Field Trial, Potatoes, Bacteria Resistance, Monitoring Completion