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Living Modified Organism (LMO)
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last updated: 24 Oct 2017
Living Modified Organism identity
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Insect resistant, drought and herbicide tolerant maize
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MON87460 x MON88017
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MON-8746Ø-4 × MON-88Ø17-3
The stacked maize line was obtained through the cross breeding of the parental organisms MON87460 and MON88017. The line inherited genes that express cspB, epsps and cry3Bb1. The expression of these genes confer drought and glyphosate herbicide tolerance and resistance to Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.
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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.
  • BCH-ORGA-SCBD-246-6 Organism Zea mays (Maize, Corn, MAIZE)
    Crops
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-103066-6 Living Modified Organism MON-8746Ø-4 - Droughtgard™ Maize
    Resistance to antibiotics (Kanamycin, Neomycin), Tolerance to abiotic stress (Cold / Heat, Drought)
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-15106-10 Living Modified Organism MON-88Ø17-3 - YieldGard™ VT™ Rootworm/RR2™ Maize
    Monsanto | Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Coleoptera (beetles)), Resistance to herbicides (Glyphosate)
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Characteristics of the modification process
PV-ZMAP595 and PV-ZMIR39
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  • Cross breeding
Some of these genetic elements may be present as fragments or truncated forms. Please see notes below, where applicable.
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100366-6 CaMV Enhanced 35S promoter | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100354-6 5' untranslated leader from chlorophyll a/b-binding protein | Triticum aestivum (Wheat)
    Leader sequence
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100355-6 Rice actin 1, intron | Oryza sativa (Rice, ORYSA)
    Intron
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-14993-5 Cry3Bb1 | Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt, Bacillus, BACTU)
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Coleoptera (beetles))
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100356-6 Heat shock protein 17.3 terminator | Triticum aestivum (Wheat)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100364-5 Rice actin 1 gene promoter | Oryza sativa (Rice, ORYSA)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100365-6 Chloroplast transit peptide 2 | Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale cress, Mouse-ear cress, Arabidopsis, ARATH)
    Transit signal
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-14979-7 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Agrobacterium)
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to herbicides (Glyphosate)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100269-8 Nopaline Synthase Gene Terminator | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Agrobacterium)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-103065-7 Cold shock protein gene | Bacillus subtilis (Bacillus, BACIU)
    Protein coding sequence | Tolerance to abiotic stress (Cold / Heat, Drought)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-103067-9 Transcript 7 gene 3' untranslated region | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Agrobacterium)
    Terminator
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-103069-3 loxP recombination site | Bacteriophage P1 (Phage P1)
    recombination site
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-100287-7 CaMV 35S promoter | Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-15001-5 Neomycin Phosphotransferase II | Escherichia coli (ECOLX)
    Protein coding sequence | Resistance to antibiotics (Kanamycin)
DNA insert from MON87460 vector PV-ZMAP595
MON 87460 expresses cold shock protein B (CspB) from Bacillus subtilis and NptII from Tn5 of Escherichia coli. It was developed to provide reduced yield loss under water-limited conditions compared to conventional maize.

DNA insert from MON88017 vector PV-ZMIR39
MON88017 expresses the cry3Bb1 gene encoding a Coleopteran-specific insecticidal protein to control infestation with corn root worm, and the cp4 epsps gene.

For additional information on this LMO, please refer to the records of the parental LMOs.
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LMO characteristics
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  • Food
  • Feed
Additional Information
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