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Plants > Biotechnology / PNTs > Confined Release > Field Trials 

Summary Tables of
Confined Field Trials for Spring 2005

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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
2005 90 208

Table 1: Summary of approved submissions (for which field trials were planted) and approved field trials that have been carried out in 2005. 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

Brown Mustard

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

0

0

Canola/ napus

0

0

0

0

0

1

42

33

46

0

Corn

0

0

0

0

5

21

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

Potato

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

7

0

0

Safflower

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

Soybean

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

Sugar Beet

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Tobacco

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Wheat

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

0

2

0

White Spruce

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Total

0

0

0

0

7

34

49

58

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
Brown Mustard Brassica juncea 12 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Canola/napus Brassica napus 122 25 11 1 12 21 3 14 0 73
Corn Zea Mays 26 22 0 0 4 0 13 0 0 0
Creeping Bentgrass Agrostis palustris 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Durum Wheat Triticum turgidum
ssp. durum
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poplar Populus alba x grandidentata 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Potato Solanum
 tuberosum
8 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Safflower Carthamus
 tinctorius
9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Soybean Glycine max 6 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sugar Beet Beta vulgaris 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wheat Triticum aestivum 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
White Spruce Picea glauca 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total   208 83 18 6 20 27 17 24 10 73

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 15, 2005



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