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DuPont:
DuPont Released In the Fields
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EU,
Wider Europe, Beyond Europe, US,
Japan.
Commercialised, On the Shelves,
EU Rejected
Under Pioneer
Hi-Bred
EU (as of 20.8.99)
EU countries in which PHI is conducting field trials (with number of trials):
France (12), Germany (1), Greece (3), Italy (15), Portugal (2), Spain (13),
UK (1)
- Alfalfa - Virus Resistance:
Spain B/ES/94/04
- Cotton - Bt-Insect Resistance:
Spain (with Monsanto Delta and Pine Land Intl, Innovaciones Agrícolas)
B/ES/98/34 and B/ES/97/08.
- Maize - Bt-Insect Resistance:
France B/FR/98/04/02; Greece (with Hellaseed S.A. and Pioneer Sarl) B/GR/98/03;
Italy (with Italia SpA) B/IT/96/51, B/IT/97/12, B/IT/98/19, B/IT/98/20; Portugal
(with Sementes Portugal S.A.) B/PT/97/02; Spain (with Dekalb Genetic; Novartis;
Senasa) B/ES/98/33; (`solo') B/ES/98/20, B/ES/98/35
- Maize - Bt-Insect Resistance
+ Glufosinate-Resistance: France (with Sarl Tech. & Regulatory Affairs)
B/FR/99/03/09, B/FR/95/03/06, B/FR/97/03/02, B/FR/97/03/03; Italy (with Italia
SpA) B/IT/98/08; Spain B/ES/97/06
- Maize - Bt + Glufosinate
Resistance + Glyphosate Resistance: France (with Sarl Technical and Regulatory
Affairs) B/FR/96/04/07
- Maize - Bt + Glyphosate
Resistance: Greece (with Hellaseed S.A.) B/GR/97/04; Italy (with Italia
SpA) B/IT/94/07, B/IT/95/21, B/IT/95/22, B/IT/95/23, B/IT/96/24, B/IT/96/25,
B/IT/96/26.
- Maize - Glufosinate Resistance:
France B/FR/98/04/01; Greece (with Hellaseed S.A.) B/GR/98/02; Italy (with
Italia SpA) B/IT/95/09, B/IT/96/52, B/IT/97/13; Portugal (with Hoechst Schering,
AgrEvo, Produtos para a Agricultura Lda; Sementes de Portugal SA) B/PT/97/01;
Spain B/ES/97/07; B/ES/98/28
- Oilseed Rape - Glyphosate-Resistance:
Germany B/DE/99/109
- Sunflower - Oxolate Oxidase
Synthesis: France (with Sarl Technical and Regulatory Affairs) B/FR/97/05/29
- Sunflower - Broomrape Control;
Oxalate Oxidase Synthesis: Spain B/ES/98/13, B/ES/98/14
- Sunflower - Fungal Resistance;
Oxalate Oxidase Synthesis: France B/FR/99/03/07
- Upland Cotton - Bt-Insect
Resistance: Spain (with Delta and Pine Land Co.; Monsanto) B/ES/96/05
- Upland Cotton - Glyphosate
Resistance: Spain (with Delta and Pine Land Co.; Monsanto) B/ES/97/10
- Spring Oilseed Rape - Glyphosate-Resistance:
UK (with Monsanto Europe) B/GB/97/R24/2
- Winter Oilseed Rape - Glyphosate
Resistance: France (with Monsanto) B/FR/95/05/09; B/FR/96/05/05; (with
Sarl Technical and Regulatory Affairs) B/FR/97/11/15
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Wider Europe
- Hungary: LibertyLink
(herbicide-resistant) corn; Bt-insect resistant corn.
- Croatia: Bt Maize.
Beyond Europe
Argentina: Corn: Lepidoptera
Insect-resistant and ammonium glufosinate tolerant (events MON 810 and T25)
(1998); Corn Insect and Ammonium Glufosinate herbicide resistant (PAT gene);
Corn Lepidopteran insect (Bt) Resistant; Corn Ammonium Gluphosinate herbicide
tolerant (PAT gene); Corn Ammonium Gluphosinate herbicide tolerant (BAR genemarker);
Soybean: Ammonium Gluphosinate herbicide tolerant; Soybean Glyphosate
herbicide tolerant; Sunflower: Fungal Disease resistant. Brazil: Herbicide-Resistant
Maize: Test locations (Itumbiara - GO; Toledo - PR; Londrina - PR) Trials
commenced 1997. Chile: Since 1994 PHI has been testing in Chile, with
17.472 hectares of trials (according to Programa Chile Sustentable report) Japan:
Bt Corn (MON809) Bt(CryIA(b)) New Zealand: Bt Maize (since 1997); LibertyLink
Maize (since 1997) Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand: Bt Maize US:
(as of 9/3/99) Total number of field releases: 604 (33 denied). Corn: 521;
Sunflower 10; Alfalfa 8; Soybean 61; Rapeseed 4.
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Commercialised
South Africa: Bt Maize. US:
RoundUp Ready Maize (Glyphosate herbicide resistance + Kanamycin resistance
+ Lepidopteran insect (European corn borer) resistance (MON809). Admitted: USA
(96),Canada (December 1996), UK(97) Canada Oilseed Rape (Imidazolinone herbicide
resistance) (Lines -NS738, NS1471, NS1473). Approved Canada 1995.
Under
PTI and Optimum Quality Grains US : Number of field releases:
316 (this does not refer to # of sites). All Herbicide-resistance is to own-brand
herbicides.
- Corn: 198 releases
(primarily protein, carbohydrate metabo-lism. Storage protein or oil content
modified; herbicide-resistant (Sulfonylurea)
- Cotton:20 trials for
Sulfonylurea Resistant cotton;
- Soybean: 89 trials
(primarily protein, oil or carbohydrate metabolism altered);
- Tomato: 3 trials (all
herbicide Sulfonylurea resistant);
- Rapeseed: 4 trials
(all fatty-acid manipulated);
- Tobacco: 2 trials (for
fungal and antibiotic resistance)
Japan
- High Oleic Acid Soybean
GmFad2-1,dapA
On the
shelves
Approved for consumption in the
EU
Due to the European Commission's "Confidentiality of the Applicant",
it is not possible to get an overview of the total number of applications for
admission of GE products for consumption. However, it is known that under EC regulation
258/97 DP has notified the UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
for the following GE products:
- High Oleic Soybeans
- Fractions of Bran Cereals
US
- Herbicide-resistant cotton
(with SM-Acetolactate synthase-Tobacco) US approval for commercial use: 1996.
- Modified Oil Content-Soya:
Approved 1997 FDA, USDA
EU: Under Pioneer Hi-Bred
- Pioneer Maize with Monsanto
809 Bt Maize Gene. (By 'fast-track' notification under the EU Novel Foods
Regulation 258/97, Article 5. Notified 14/10/98, Transmitted to Member States
23/10/98).
Rejected
by EU:
Pioneer brand hybrids 33Y11, 34T14 and 38B22, with the Monsanto YieldGard
gene and the AgrEvo LibertyLink gene.
Terminator
Du Pont is developing "terminator" seed sterilisation technologies.
It holds two patents: US 5,364,780 (15 Nov 94) and US 5,608,14 (4
Mar 97) RAFI.
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