Event DAS-444Ø6-6 soybean grown in Brazil is compositionally equivalent to non-transgenic soybean. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fast, Brandon J.; Galan, Maria P.; Schafer, Ariane C.
• Is Part Of: GM crops and food. Volume 7:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 79
• Page End: 83
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: soybean (Glycine max) -- crop composition -- transgenic -- 2, 4-D -- glyphosate -- glufosinate; Crops -- Genetic engineering -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Periodicals; Food industry and trade -- Periodicals; 631.5233
• DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2016.1184815
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2164-5701

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Soybean event DAS-444Ø6-6 is tolerant to the herbicides 2, 4-D, glyphosate, and glufosinate. An investigation of potential unintended adverse compositional changes in a genetically modified crop is required to meet government regulatory requirements in various geographies. A study to meet these requirements in Brazil was completed demonstrating compositional equivalency between DAS-444Ø6-6 and non-transgenic soybean. This study supplements the extensive literature supporting transgenesis as less disruptive of crop composition compared with traditional breeding methods.