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Crop:Cowpea
Cowpea
replacement
Event Code:

AAT-7Ø9AA-4

Event Code:

AAT-7Ø9AA-4

Environmental Release
2022-06-30
Pod Borer-resistant cowpea
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute

Species

Vigna unguiculata

Trade Name

Pod Borer-resistant cowpea

Event Name

AAT709A

Method of Introduction

Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer

Year of Approval

2022-06-30

Gene

Cry1Ab

Gene Product

Expresses Bt crystal protein Cry1Ab, which has a pore-forming mode of action that selectively damages the midgut epithelium line of feeding larvae, resulting in cell lysis and septicemia and leading to death of the feeding larvae.

Gene Function

Insect resistance

Traits

Pod Borer-resistant cowpea

Developer

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute