Simplot lūdz USDA atcelt ĢM kartupeļu ierobežojumus

The J.R Simplot Company has petitioned the USDA to deregulate their new genetically engineered Innate™ Potatoes and the public comment period has just been opened up on that petition.

The “Biofortified Blog”presents an extensive Q&A with Haven Baker, Vice President of Plant Sciences at J.R. Simplot Uzņēmums uzsverot šos ģenētiski modificētos kartupeļus, to īpašības un to ražošanā izmantoto tehnoloģiju detaļas.

Uzsver:

"Simplot’s Innate™ technologies allow researchers to isolate genetic elements from any plant genome, rearrange them, or link them together in desired permutations, and introduce them back into the genome. Inserting an extra copy of a gene into the potato activates a self-defense mechanism known as RNA interference, which silences the genes related to expression of black spot bruise, asparagine, and reducing sugars in tubers.

Ievietotie gēni nāk no kultivētiem kartupeļiem vai savvaļas kartupeļiem (saistītu augu sugu grupa, kas ir seksuāli saderīga ar kartupeļiem). Mēs neietveram svešus gēnus, antibiotiku rezistences marķierus un nē vector mugurkaula sekvences augu genomā."

“We transformed five different varieties including three popular varieties – Ranger Russet, Russet Burbank, un Atlantic – and two proprietary chipping varieties. These varieties each involved transformation for two traits (the genes related to expression of black spot bruise &asparagine, and the genes related to reducing sugars in tubers) for a total of ten events, which were done separately.”

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