- S. meliloti need a suitable host plant for
proliferatoin. Here, the symbiotic interaction partener alfalfa
(Medicago sativa) is used as a host plant.
- type of decision: field trial
- LMO: L1 and L33
- legal basis: Directive 90/220/EEC, Gentechnikgesetz (German
Gene Technology Act)
- scope: test of field performance of LMO
- authorization valid from 20 August 1997 to 31 December
1997
- locations: 1 experimental field located in 1 village in
Germany, for details refer to the German LMO/GMO location register
(
https://apps2.bvl.bund.de/stareg_web/localeSwitch.do?language=en&page=/showflaechen.do?)
- size: 630 m²/site/year;
- max. 9,1 x 10^13 LMO/site/year
- There is no Summary Notification Information Format
available on the Internet (WebSNIF) for B/DE/97/41
The decision on this deliberate release was made by the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI).
The RKI was the competent national authority for the German Gene
Technology Act before the competences were transferred to the
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt
für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL) on April 1st
2004. Deliberate releases that were authorized by the RKI prior to
this date are now handled by the BVL.