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Summary Tables of
Confined Field Trials for Spring 2007
Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2007.
Table 1: Summary of approved submissions (for which field trials were planted) and approved field trials that have been carried out in 2007. Please note that not all approved field trials take place once authorized.
| Year | Number of Submissions | Number of Field Trials |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 96 | 349 |
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 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Brown Mustard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
12 |
0 |
| Camelina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
| Canola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
78 |
77 |
51 |
0 |
| Corn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Poplar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Safflower |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Soybean |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sunflower |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Tobacco |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
86 |
86 |
104 |
70 |
0 |
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 Objectives Herbicide Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives Stress Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives Genetic Research |
Breeding Objectives Nutritional Change |
Breeding Objectives Modified Oil Composition |
Breeding Objectives Male Sterility/ Restoration |
Breeding Objectives Insect Resistance |
Breeding Objectives Fungal Resistance |
Breeding Objectives Virus Resistance |
Breeding Objectives Pharmaceutical/ industrial* |
Breeding Objectives Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown Mustard | Brassica juncea | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camelina | Camelina sativa | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canola/napus | Brassica napus | 209 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Corn | Zea Mays | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethiopian Mustard | Brassica carinata | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar | Populus alba x grandidentata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safflower | Carthamus tinctorius |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Soybean | Glycine max | 71 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Sunflower | Helianthus annuus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | Nicotiana tabacum L. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 349 | 116 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 179 |
