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Crop:Cotton
Cotton
replacement
Event Code:

MON-15985-7

Event Code:

MON-15985-7

Commercial Release
2023-06-09
Insect resistant cotton
Bayer West-Central Africa S.A

Species

Gossypium hirsutum

Trade Name

Bollgard II®

Event Name

N/A

Method of Introduction

Biolistic / Particle gun

Year of Approval

2023-06-09

Gene

Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2

Gene Product

Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 insecticidal proteins

Gene Function

Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 confer resistance to Lepidopteran pests, including tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens), pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa zea), cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni), saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea), cotton leaf perforator (Bucculatrix thurbeiella), soybean looper (Pseudoplusia includens), beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogolli) and European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), among others.

Traits

Insect resistant cotton

Developer

Bayer West-Central Africa S.A