Türkiye Reapproves 7 GM Maize Events for Feed Use
JULY 15, 2024
The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has reapproved seven GM maize events for feed use:
- Bt11 (Agrisure CB/LL) - glufosinate tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
- TC1507 (Herculex I, Herculex CB) - glufosinate tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
- 59122 (Herculex RW) - glufosinate tolerance and coleopteran insect resistance
- NK603 (Roundup Ready 2 Maize) - glyphosate tolerance
- GA21 (Roundup Ready Maize, Agrisure GT) - glyphosate tolerance
- MON89034 (YieldGard VT Pro) - lepidopteran insect resistance
- MON88017 (YieldGard VT Rootworm RR2) - glyphosate tolerance and coleopteran insect resistance
With these latest reapprovals, there are a total of 36 approved GM events for feed use in Türkiye, with a further 13 events pending approval.