Monsanto Corn Soybean Biotech Traits QAQC Requirements ICIA
Monsanto Corn & Soybean Biotech Traits …. . QA/QC Requirements ICIA Seminar August 11, 2017 Dale Aaberg Monsanto Company Confidential
Discussion Focus: Trait QA/QC Existing Traits – corn & soybeans Recently approved RHS ‘Near-term’ Traits 2 3 rd generation herbicide tolerant soybean Monsanto Company Confidential
Trait QA/QC - Corn Inbred corn seed ‘Intended’ and ‘unintended’ event testing Hybrid corn seed Product performance… one time hybrid qualification to check for background interference encompasses trait efficacy or tolerance and commercial yield/agronomic performance Trait purity… levels must be tested for each seed lot produced 3 Monsanto Company Confidential
Corn Trait Purity Testing All hybrid seed lots must meet trait purity specifications prior to commercial sale Bulk/sheller run tests – can complement BUT, does not replace finished lot tests One test per finished lot if trait is on the Female Each grade size of each finished lot must be tested when trait is on the Male inbred 4 Monsanto Company Confidential
Corn Trait Purity Testing Seed companies are responsible for maintaining copies of all trait purity tests including… • • • Wholesale purchases Seed produced by – Growers – Subcontractors Brokers When a hybrid is issued a new lot number, an additional trait purity test is required Example: blending several lots together to form one new lot 5 Monsanto Company Confidential
Requirements for Trait Testing VT 2 P hybrid seed Validate minimum hybrid trait purity specifications in ‘finished’ lots – MON 89034 (Cry 2 Ab and TIC 105) NK 603 (CP 4) Refuge blend (5%) 6 RR 96% 98% Monsanto Company Confidential
Requirements for Trait Testing GENVT 3 P hybrid seed Validate minimum hybrid trait purity specifications in ‘finished’ lots – MON 88017 (CP 4 and Cry 3 Bb) MON 89034 (Cry 2 Ab and TIC 105) Refuge blend (10%) 7 RR 98/96% 98% Monsanto Company Confidential
Requirements for Trait Testing Gen. SS hybrid seed Validate minimum hybrid trait purity specifications in ‘finished’ lots – MON 88017 x MON 89034 x TC 1507 x DAS 59122 -7 (CP 4, Cry 3 Bb, Cry 2 Ab, TIC 105, Cry 1 F, Cry 34, Cry 35, PAT) CP 4 Other events Refuge blend (5%) 8 98% 96% RR 2/LL 98/96% Monsanto Company Confidential
Requirements for Trait Testing Drought. Gard. TM hybrid seed Validate minimum hybrid trait purity specifications in ‘finished’ lots – MON 87460 (csp B) 96% The drought-tolerance trait is available in: VT Double PRO ® corn Genuity ® VT Triple PRO ® corn Roundup Ready® Corn 2 9 Monsanto Company Confidential
Trait QA/QC - Soybeans Soybean varieties Varietal performance… ‘Intended’ and ‘unintended’ event testing one time verification of commercial tolerance to Roundup® herbicide and yield performance Trait purity… levels must be tested for each seed lot produced 10 Monsanto Company Confidential
Soybean Production & Trait Testing Production requirements – Crop stage, herbicide rate & formulation(s) Each finished lot of Roundup Ready® and RR 2 Y must be trait purity tested Roundup Ready® 2 Xtend (dicamba) soybeans must be tested to the same standards for both herbicide traits 11 Monsanto Company Confidential
Other corn & soybean requirements Retain a file sample of each hybrid and variety for each lot which is consistent with state/federal seed laws. State & Federal seed laws define germination and genetic purity requirements 12 Monsanto Company Confidential
Corn Disease Protection Pipeline Delivering disease protection against some of the most common corn diseases Anthracnose Stalk Rot RESISTANT Fusarium Stalk Rot Goss’ Wilt SUSCEPTIBLE RESISTANT Gray Leaf Spot RESISTANT SUSCEPTIBLE Northern Corn Leaf Blight RESISTANT 1: https: //mdc. itap. purdue. edu/dept. asp? tmp_dept=Botany and Plant Pathology 2: Monsanto internal analysis of disease tolerance. SUSCEPTIBLE Monsanto Company Confidential
Roundup Hybridization System (RHS) RHS is designed to stop production of viable pollen in specific, targeted plants through timed applications of glyphosate Detasseling is replaced with two applications of Roundup brand herbicide over approx. 7 -10 day window…GDU’s dependable measurement of application timing Many aspects of RHS field inspections are the same as those done with other hybrid seed production 14 Monsanto Company Confidential
Roundup Hybridization System (RHS) Inbred trait reconfiguration…MON 87427 to females and NK 603 to males RHS is an inducible system Male sterility is not transferred to the hybrid seed Trait purity testing as VT 2 P or GENSS 15 Monsanto Company Confidential
Vistive® Gold Vistive Gold soybeans contain the low-saturate, high-oleic trait…will enable food companies to produce foods with lower saturated fat levels and low levels of trans fat as compared to other cooking oils Trait purity testing as RR 2 Y 16 Monsanto Company Confidential
Thank you… 17 Monsanto Company Confidential
- Slides: 17