Event Name: Bt11 (X4334CBR, X4734CBR)
Event Code : SYN-BTØ11-1
Trade Name: Agrisure™ CB/LL
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
Developer: Syngenta
Method of Trait Introduction: Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue
GM Traits: Glufosinate herbicide tolerance , Lepidopteran insect resistance
Commercial Trait: (Stacked) Herbicide Tolerance (HT) + Insect Resistance (IR)
Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| pat | Streptomyces viridochromogenes | phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) enzyme | eliminates herbicidal activity of glufosinate (phosphinothricin) herbicides by acetylation |
| cry1Ab | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | Cry1Ab delta-endotoxin | confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval
| Country | Food direct use or processing |
Feed direct use or processing |
Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use |
| Argentina | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Australia | 2001 | ||
| Brazil | 2008 | 2008 | 2008 |
| Canada | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| China | 2002 * | 2002 * | |
| Colombia | 2009 | 2008 | 2008 * |
| European Union | 1998 * | 1998 * | |
| Ghana | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 * |
| Indonesia | 2011 | ||
| Iran | 2016 | ||
| Japan | 2001 | 2003 | 2007 |
| Malaysia | 2012 | 2012 | |
| Mexico | 2007 | ||
| New Zealand | 2001 | ||
| Nigeria | 2019 * | 2019 * | |
| Paraguay | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 |
| Philippines | 2003 * | 2003 * | 2010 * |
| Russia | 2008 * | 2006 * | |
| Singapore | 2017 | ||
| South Africa | 2002 | 2002 | 2003 |
| South Korea | 2003 | 2006 | |
| Switzerland | 2003 * | 2003 * | |
| Taiwan | 2004 | ||
| Thailand | 2013 * | ||
| Turkey | 2011 | ||
| United States | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Uruguay | 2004 * | 2004 | 2004 * |
| Vietnam | 2014 | 2014 |
* point mouse arrow over year for notes
Last updated: December 24, 2024
Documents and Links
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
- Biosafety Scanner
- Brazil - Conselho de Informacoes sobre Biotecnologia (CIB)
- Brazil CTNBio
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CBD Biosafety Clearing House
- DA - BPI Approval Registry 2014
- European Commission
- European Food Safety Authority
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
- National Biosafety Management Agency Decision-Nigeria
- Philippines - Department of Agriculture
- Singapore Food Agency
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Food and Drug Administration
- USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018
Detection Methods
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