Trait
lowered glucosinolate, herbicide tolerance (glufosinate)
Host organism
Brassica napus
(Oilseed rape)
Trait summary
lowered glucosinolate, herbicide tolerance
Project title
Field evaluation of glucosinolate reduction in oilseed rape
Company / Institution
Aventis CropScience (PGS)
Year(s) of release
2000
Effective year(s) of release
2000
Period of release
April-October
Location(s)
De Pinte
Number of sites
1
Total surface
1624 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 oilseed rape as well as the post-harvest germinated seedlings will be destroyed. Harvest must be done before complete ripening.
Monitoring measures
One 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 (repetition) - Art. 9§2 of Royal Decree of 18 December 1998
Notes
The programme was already tested in Belgium (repetition of the dossiers B/BE/99/VW1, B/BE/98/V5 and B/BE/97/VW7). All the operations conducted during the trials will be recorded in a logbook, according to the Brassicaceae protocol.
B/BE/00/V3 - Fiche van informatie bestemd voor het publiek (voorbereid door de kennisgever)