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Summary Tables of Confined Field Trials for Spring 2006
(Due to the width of the tables, these pages should be printed using the PDF version or "Landscape" setting)
Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel
Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act,
2006.
Table 1: Summary of approved submissions (for which field trials were planted) and approved field trials that have been carried out in 2006. Please note that not all approved field trials take place once authorized.
| Year | Number of Submissions | Number of Field Trials |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 89 | 250 |
Table 2: Summary of field trials' breeding objectives. These numbers do not include authorized field trials which have not taken place.
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Canola/ napus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 65 | 49 | 0 |
| Corn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Durum Wheat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Potato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Safflower | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Soybean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White Spruce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 71 | 89 | 56 | 0 |
*Numbers that are not in brackets are the number of field trials where the PNT expressed a pharmaceutical compound; numbers in brackets are the number of field trials where the PNT expressed an industrial compound.
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.
| Crop | Latin Name | Field Trials | Breeding Obj. Herbicide Tolerance |
Breeding Obj. Stress Tolerance |
Breeding Obj. Genetic Research |
Breeding Obj. Nutritional Change |
Breeding Obj. Modified Oil Composition |
Breeding Obj. Male Sterility/ Restoration |
Breeding Obj. Insect Resistance |
Breeding Obj. Fungal Resistance |
Breeding Obj. Virus Resistance |
Breeding Obj. Pharmaceutical/ industrial* |
Breeding Obj. Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 11 |
| Brown Mustard | Brassica juncea | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 0 |
| Canola/ napus | Brassica napus | 188 | 64 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0(0) | 250 |
| Corn | Zea Mays | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 3 |
| Durum Wheat | Triticum turgidum ssp. durum |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard | Brassica carinata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 1 |
| Poplar | Populus alba x grandidentata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 1 |
| Potato | Solanum tuberosum |
7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 8 |
| Safflower | Carthamus tinctorius |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(0) | 0 |
| Soybean | Glycine max | 22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 5 |
| Wheat | Triticum aestivum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(0) | 1 |
| White Spruce | Picea glauca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(0) | 1 |
| Total | 250 | 117 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2(0) | 281 |
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 24, 2006
