Trait
pod shatter resistance, herbicide tolerance (glufosinate)
Host organism
Brassica napus
(Oilseed rape)
Trait summary
pod shatter resistance, herbicide tolerance
Project title
Field evaluation with genetically modified pod shatter resistant oilseed rape
Company / Institution
Aventis CropScience
Year(s) of release
2001
Effective year(s) of release
2001
Period of release
April or May to October
Location(s)
Nazareth, Salles
Number of sites
2
Total surface
23000 m2 / surface transgenic material: 3840 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
For a year after experimentation the cultivation of Brassica will be forbidden and the field will be followed as long as volunteers are observable: volunteers and wild relatives will be destroyed.
Status
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
Repetition of the following dossiers: B/BE/99/VW3 and B/BE/00/V5. Awaiting the validation of the protocol for Brassicaceae for the year 2001, the previous protocol (valid for the year 2000) remains in place. All the operations conducted during the trial will be recorded in a logbook, according to the Brassicaceae protocol.
B/BE/01/V5 - Public information sheet (written by the notifier)