MON 87460 x MON 89034
TELA® Maize
CROP INFORMATION
| Event Name: | MON 87460 x MON 89034 |
| Event Code: | MON-8746Ø-4 x MON 89Ø34-3 |
| Trade Name: | TELA® Maize |
| Applicant: | Institute of Agricultural Research, ABU-Zaria |
| Developer: | African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Bayer CropScience |
| GM Trait: | (Stacked ) Tolerance to Abiotic Stress (Drought) and Lepidoptera Insect Resistance |
| Commercial Trait: | Drought Tolerance and Insect Resistance (Stacked) |
| Method of Trait Introduction: | Cross breeding |
| Purpose: | Commercial Release |
| Permit No: | NBMA/CM/003 |
GENETIC MODIFICATION
| Gene Introduced (1st): | CspB of Bacillus subtilis |
| Gene Source (1st): | MON 97460 (Rice) |
| Function (1st): | Produces a cold shock protein B that maintains normal cellular functions under water stress conditions by preserving RNA stability and translation |
| Gene Introduced (2nd): | Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 of Bacillus thuringensis |
| Gene Source (2nd): | MON 89034 (Maize) |
| Function (2nd): | Confers resistance to lepidopteran insects by selectively damaging their midgut lining |
| Gene Introduced (3rd): | nptII |
| Method of Trait Introduction: | Cross breeding |
| Gene Source (3rd): | Escherichia coli Tn5 transposon |
| Function (3rd): | Allows transformed plants to metabolize neomycin and kanamycin antibiotics during selection |
REGULATORY APPROVALS
| For Food (direct use or processing): | YES (2021) |
| For Feed (direct use or processing): | YES (2021) |
| For Confined Field Trial: | - |
| For Commercial Release (open cultivation): | YES (2021) |