Status of GMOs and Products
Agriculture applications

Transgenic crops under development and field trials in  2011, 2010 ,2009 , 2008 , 2007 , 2006

 

FIELD TRIALS OF GM CROPS (CONTAINING NEW GENES/EVENTS) IN YEAR 2011
S.No. Crop Company Name Trial Trait Gene/Event
1. Rubber Rubber Research Institute of India BRL-1

 

Abiotic tolerance Hb. SOD-L1 & L2 (Two transgenic events (lines) containing manganese superoxide dismutase gene (cDNA)
2. Sorghum Directorate of Sorghum Research BRL-1 Insect Resistance
NRCSCRY1B event 4 and NRCSCRY1B event 19 containing cry1B genes
3.. Rice

 

 

E.I. Dupont India Pvt. Ltd Event selection

Male sterile female inbred rice lines.

 

 

transgenic rice events (Hybrid Rice SPT maintainer events to maintain male sterile female parental lines) generated using the SPT1 construct i.e. DKC118, DKC45, JH02, JH04, JH11, JH22 and JH25a of BC4 generation containing three genes, Zm-AA1, Os-Msca1, and DsRed2
transgenic rice events (Hybrid Rice SPT maintainer events to maintain male sterile female parental lines) generated using the SPT6 construct i.e. J6-1-139c, J6-1-129d, J6-3-36a, J6-3-31-4c, J6-2-16c, J6-4-M-1a of BC2 and  J6-1-130, J6-1-76-3a, J6-1-142d, J6-1-105h, J6-3-33-3c, J6-3-50b, J6-3-6'a, J6-2-10b and J6-1-126c of BC1 generation containing three genes, Zm-AA1, Os-Msca1, and DsRed2
E.I. Dupont India Pvt. Ltd Event selection (Not conducted) Insect Resistance 23 transgenic rice events transformed with Bt38, Bt39, Bt40 and Bt43 plasmid constructs of T3 generation against yellow stem borer and rice leaf folder pests
E.I. Dupont India Pvt. Ltd Event selection Insect Resistance 20 events generated using SPT1 construct, namely SPT1-3001, SPT1-3002, SPT1-3003, SPT1-3004, SPT1-3005, SPT1-3006, SPT1-3007, SPT1-3008, SPT1-3009, SPT1-3010, SPT1-3011, SPT1-3012, SPT1-3013, SPT1-3014, SPT1-3015, SPT1-3016, SPT1-3017, SPT1-3018, SPT1-3019 and SPT1-3020 of BC2 generation expressing OS-MSCA1, ZM-AA1 and DsRed2 protein
E.I. Dupont India Pvt. Ltd Event selection Insect Resistance 20 events generated using SPT6 construct, namely SPT6-1001, SPT6-1002, SPT6-1003, SPT6-1004, S SPT6-1005, SPT6-1006, SPT6-1007, SPT6-1008, SPT6-1009, SPT6-1010, SPT6-1011, SPT6-1012, SPT6-1013, SPT6-1014, SPT6-1015, SPT6-1016, SPT6-1017, SPT6-1018, SPT6-1019 and SPT6-1020 expressing OS-MSCA1, ZM-AA1 and DsRed2 protein
BASF India Limited Seed production Yield Enhancement 80 transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) events containing RPD5-11

Bayer Bioscience Pvt Ltd.

Contained trial for elite event selection under nethouse (Not initiated yet)

Insect Resistance and Herbicide Tolerant

cry1Ab, cry1Ca and bar

Department of Botany, University of Calcutta

Event Selection (Not conducted)

Stress tolerance (Abiotic)

ferritin

4. Ground nut ICRISAT Event selection in net

Fungal Resistance

 

 

 

nine transgenic ground nut (Arachis hypogaea L.) (var. JL-24  events namely RC-GN-12, RC-GN-23, RC-GN-24, RC-GN-27, RC-GN-29, RC-GN-30, RC-GN-31, RC-GN-36 and RC-GN-44 carrying the rice chitinase gene for resistance against Aspergillus flavus infection

Fungal Resistance

 

 

 

transgenic groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) (var. JL-24) events namely GNRD2, GNRD11, GNRD12, GNRD19, GNRD20, GNRD33, Control (JL24) and Control (ICGV86031) carrying the rice DREB1A (Chitinase) gene derived from Arabidopsis thaliana for resistance against Aspergillus flavus infection
5.

Herbicide tolerant Glytol cotton

Bayer Bioscience Pvt Ltd.

BRL-1

Herbicide Tolerant

2mEPSPSgene (Event GHB 614)

Experimental Seed Production Herbicide Tolerant 2mEPSPSgene (Event GHB 614)
6.

Cotton

Bayer Bioscience Pvt Ltd.

Event Selection

Insect Resistance & Herbicide Tolerant

Events (Gossypium hirsutum) namely stacked events – GHB 119 (cry2Ae/ PAT) & T304-40 (cry1Ab/PAT)

Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd Hybrid selection field trials Insect Resistance Cry1C Event MLS9124 or GFM Cry1A event
7.

Roundup Ready Flex cotton

Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd

BRL-1 (Not conducted)

Herbicide Tolerant

cp4epsps gene (Event MON 88913)

8.

Corn

Syngenta Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.

BRL-I 2nd year trial

Insect Resistance & Herbicide Tolerant

GA21 event (cry1Ab & mepsps genes)

Pioneer Overseas Corporation BRL-I 2nd year trial Insect Resistance & Herbicide Tolerant cry1F, cp4epsps & PAT genes [stacked events TC1507 x NK603 (DAS-01507-1 x MON-00603-6)]
 

 

 

 

 

 

BRL-I: Biosafety Research Level-I

BRL-II: Biosafety Research Level-II