Nov 20, 2008 | 11:40 pm

Sugar Beet H7-1 (RoundupReady)


Trait: Tolerance to glyphosate-containing herbicides (Roundup®)
Inserted gene:
cp4 epsps-gene

Source: Soil bacterium Agrobacteriumssp. strain CP4.

Function: The cp4 epsps gene encodes for a version of EPSPS that is highly tolerant to inhibition by glyphosate and therefore leads to increased tolerance to glyphosate-containing herbicides.

Methods for the genetic modification: Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer.