New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organism Trial



2424 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 101

Post harvest monitoring completion date 31 May 1999

Trial Number
58

Project title
Proposal to field test transgenic barley

Application approved
24 November 1997

Approved trial period
November 1997–November 1998

Organism Common name
Barley

Organism Scientific Name
Hordeum vulgare L. cv Golden Promise

Modified by:

  1. Gene coding for a malting enzyme with a high heat stability (1,3-1,4-β-glucanase)
  2. Phosphinothricin gene (PAT) from Streptomyces virichromogenes for resistance to glufosinate herbicides
  3. β-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS)

Locations of field trial
Irwell, Canterbury

Institution / Company
Southern Seed Technology on behalf of Dieter von Wettstein, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Institution / Company Contact(s)
Mr Steve Inwood Director
Southern Seed Technology, Leeston

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. The trial shall be covered in bird exclusion netting to prevent seed removal by birds;
  4. Rodent bait stations shall be place around and within trial site, and shall be monitored;
  5. The trial shall be isolated from other barley by at least 50 metres;
  6. A buffer of non-transgenic barley of 2m shall surround the trial crop;
  7. Seed shall be harvested by hand prior to maturity and mechanically threshed on-site;
  8. Remaining plant material shall be burned on site;
  9. The site shall be monitored for volunteer barley plants, at least monthly, for 1 year following trial completion. Any plants found shall be destroyed by herbicide;
  10. 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;
  11. 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;
  12. 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;


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🌾 Post-harvest monitoring completion for genetically modified barley trial

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Genetically Modified Organisms, Field Trial, Barley, Herbicide Resistance, Monitoring Completion
  • Steve Inwood (Mr), Director of Southern Seed Technology
  • Dieter von Wettstein, Researcher at Washington State University