Event DAS-444Ø6-6 soybean grown in Brazil is compositionally equivalent to non-transgenic soybean

• Published in: GM crops & food Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 79 - 83
• Main Authors: Fast, Brandon J., Galan, Maria P., Schafer, Ariane C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 02.04.2016
• Subjects: 2,4-D; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid - pharmacology; 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid - analogs & derivatives; 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid - pharmacology; Agriculture - legislation & jurisprudence; Aminobutyrates - pharmacology; Biotechnology - legislation & jurisprudence; Brazil; Breeding; crop composition; Crops, Agricultural; Genetic Engineering - legislation & jurisprudence; glufosinate; Glycine - analogs & derivatives; Glycine - pharmacology; Glycine max - drug effects; Glycine max - genetics; Glyphosate; Herbicide Resistance; Herbicides - pharmacology; Plants, Genetically Modified - drug effects; Research Papers; soybean (Glycine max); transgenic; glufosinate; transgenic; 2,4-D; crop composition; soybean (Glycine max); glyphosate
• ISSN: 2164-5698; 2164-5701
• DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2016.1184815

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.