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LMO name

Sugar beet modified for herbicide tolerance

Transformation event

T227-1

Developer(s)

Record #12104

Monsanto Europe SA

270-272 Avenue de Tervuren

Brussels

Belgium, B-1150

Description

T227-1 sugar beet was modified with the insertion of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) from Agrobacterium tumefaciens, thereby conferring tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate.

Recipient Organism or Parental Organisms

The term Recipient organism refers to an organism (either already modified or non-modified) that was subjected to genetic modification, whereas Parental organisms refers to those that were involved in cross breeding or cell fusion.

Record #12097

Beta vulgaris - Common beet, Sugarbeet, BETMA

Related LMOs

Record #14773

KM-ØØØH71-4 - Roundup Ready™ sugar beet

Resistance to herbicides - Glyphosate

Show detection method(s)

Characteristics of the transformation process

Vector

pMON17227

Techniques used for the modification

Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer

Genetic elements construct

FMV 35S promoter

#101507

0.67 Kb

Chloroplast transit peptide 2

#100365

0.23 Kb

5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene

#14979

1.37 Kb

rbcS-E9 gene terminator

#101877

0.64 Kb

Further details

Notes regarding the genetic elements introduced or modified in this LMO

The nucleic acid sequence of the epsps gene was optimised for expression in plants.

LMO characteristics

Modified traits

Resistance to herbicides
- Glyphosate

Common use(s)

Research

Additional Information

The sugar beet lines T227-1 and H7-1 are independent transformation events harbouring the same genetic elements.