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Crop:Cotton
Cotton
replacement
Event Code:

MON-15985-7

Event Code:

MON-15985-7

Commercial Release
2016-05-01
Insect resistant cotton
Monsanto/Bayer CropScience

Species

Gossypium hirsutum

Trade Name

Bollgard II™ cotton

Event Name

MON15985

Method of Introduction

Biolistic / Particle gun

Year of Approval

2016-05-01

Gene

The cotton expresses Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2, which 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.

Gene Product

Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2, which 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.

Gene Function

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

Monsanto/Bayer CropScience