B/BE/00/V6

Host organism

Brassica juncea
(Indian Mustard)

Trait

male sterility, fertility restorer, herbicide tolerance (glufosinate)

Trait summary

male sterility, fertility restorer, herbicide tolerance

Project title

Experimental seed production of Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard) hybrid parental lines

Company / Institution

Aventis CropScience

Year(s) of release

2000

Effective year(s) of release

2000

Period of release

May-October

Location(s)

Lotenhulle, Deinze

Number of sites

2

Total surface

1400 m2

Containment measures

According to the Belgian protocol for transgenic Brassicaceae (valid for the year 2000) an isolation distance of 1000 m to neighbouring commercial Brassicaceae fields has to be guaranteed as well as the cleaning of the drill and the combine before and after experiment. Within the isolation distance the presence of bee-keepers needs to be checked. The non-harvested indian mustard as well as the post-harvest germinated seedlings will be destroyed. Harvest must be done before complete ripening.

Monitoring measures

A year after experimentation the cultivation of Brassica will be forbidden and the field will be followed as long as volunteer plants are observable. The volunteers and wild relatives will be destroyed.

Status

- The Biosafety Advisory Council a.i. issued a positive advice (with conditions) for this field trial.- Authorization procedure completed. The notifier was granted authorization from the Federal Minister to perform the trial.

Type of procedure

Classical procedure - Art. 9§1 of Royal Decree of 18 December 1998

Notes

All the operations conducted in the trials will be recorded in a logbook, according to the Brassicaceae protocol.

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