Record details

Living Modified Organism identity

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LMO name

Roundup Ready™ alfalfa

Transformation event

J101

Unique identifier

MON-ØØ1Ø1-8

Developer(s)

Record #14925

Monsanto

800 North Lindbergh Blvd.

St. Louis, MO

United States of America, 63167

Phone:	+ 1 314 694-1000
Fax:	+1 314 694-3080
Url:	Monsanto

Description

Medicago sativa, alfalfa (also known as lucerne) is a perennial herbaceous legume. It contains the epsps gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4 to allow for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup®, as a weed control option.

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 #12100

Medicago sativa - Alfalfa, Lucerne, MEDSV

Point of collection or acquisition of the recipient organism

Proprietary alfalfa clone 'R2336.'

Characteristics of the transformation process

Vector

PV-MSHT4

Techniques used for the modification

Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer

Genetic elements construct

FMV 35S promoter

#101507

0.00 Kb

HSP 70 5' untranslated leader sequence

#103901

0.00 Kb

Chloroplast transit peptide 2

#100365

0.00 Kb

5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene

#14979

0.00 Kb

rbcS-E9 gene terminator

#101877

0.00 Kb

Further details

LMO characteristics

Modified traits

Resistance to herbicides
- Glyphosate

Common use(s)

Food
Feed

Additional Information

Other relevant website address or attached documents

USDA/APHIS Environmental Assessment 04-110-01p

J101 - ISAAA