DNA insert from MON 88913 vector PV-GHGT35:
Roundup Ready® Flex cotton (MON 88913) was developed to allow the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup®, as a weed control option in cotton production. This genetically engineered cotton contains a novel form of the plant enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) that allows MON 88913 to survive otherwise lethal applications of glyphosate. The EPSPS gene introduced into MON 88913 was isolated from a strain of the common soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain CP4; the EPSPS enzyme expressed by this gene is tolerant to glyphosate. MON 88913 cotton contains two copies of the EPSPS gene to confer tolerance to glyphosate later in the growing season, specifically after the fifth true leaf stage.

DNA insert from MON15985 vector PV-GHBK11 and PV-GHBK04:
Event 15985 (tradename Bollgard II®) was derived from the retransformation of transgenic cotton line MON 531. As a result of these two transformation events, MON15985 contains the cry1Ac gene and the cry2Ab conferring resistance to lepidopteran pests as well as copies of the nptII and uidA and aadA genes.

DNA insert from COT102, vector pCOT-1:
Cotton tolerant to lepidopteran pests through introduction of the vip3A(a) gene which codes for an insecticidal protein that targets lepidopteran insect species. COT102 cotton was developed as an alternative and novel insect control option for lepidopteran pests of cotton. COT102 was also developed to help prevent and manage resistance to Cry proteins due to the different insecticidal mode of action of VIP proteins.  The aph4 gene, coding for hygromycin-B phosphotransferase (APH4) was used as a selectable marker.

For additional information on this LMO, please refer to the records of the parental LMOs.