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Summary Tables of
Confined Field Trials for Spring 2004

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Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel
Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2004.

Year Number of Submissions Number of Field Trials
2004 64 180

Table 1: Summary of approved submissions (for which field trials were planted) and approved field trials that have been carried out in 2004. Please note that not all approved field trials take place once authorized.

Crop Nfld PEI NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC

Alfalfa

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

Black Spruce

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Brown Mustard

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

0

Canola/ napus

0

0

0

0

0

1

40

18

35

0

Corn

0

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

0

Creeping Bentgrass

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

Wheat/Durum

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Poplar

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Safflower

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0

Soybean

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Sugar Beet

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

5

0

Tobacco

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Wheat

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

9

12

0

White Spruce

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Total

0

0

0

0

4

20

57

39

60

0

Table 2: Provincial summary of field trials for individual crops as well as summary of field trials having been planted in each province. These numbers do not include authorized field trials which have not taken place, but do include trials that have been planted then subsequently destroyed.

Crop Latin Name Field Trials Breeding Objectives
Herbicide Tolerance Stress Tolerance Genetic Research Nutritional Change Male Sterility/ Restoration Insect Resistance Fungal Resistance Pharmaceutical Other
Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black Spruce

Picea mariana

2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown Mustard

Brassica juncea

6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canola/ napus

Brassica napus

94 11 17 1 2 11 3 24 0 60
Corn

Zea Mays

12 10 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0
Creeping Bentgrass

Agrostis palustris

3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Durum Wheat

Triticum turgidum ssp. durum

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poplar

Populus alba x grandidentata

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Soybean

Glycine max

2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 4
Sugar Beet

Beta vulgaris

8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Wheat

Triticum aestivum

37 28 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2
White Spruce

Picea glauca

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total   180 75 17 9 2 11 14 35 7 61

Table 3: Summary of field trials’ breeding objectives. Data has been broken down into breeding objectives of individual crops and is based on authorized field trials having been planted.

Please note that some field trials had more than one breeding objective, therefore the number of field trials listed under breeding objective may exceed the total number of trials authorized. "Other" breeding objectives include pathogen resistance, and yield enhancement.

Last Updated: August 30, 2004



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