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Summary Tables of
Confined Field Trials for Spring 2008
Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2008.
Table 1: Summary of approved submissions (for which field trials were planted) and approved field trials that have been carried out in 2008. Please note that not all approved field trials take place once authorized.
| Year | Number of Submissions | Number of Field Trials |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 124 | 420 |
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 |
| Artemisia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Brown Mustard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
| Camelina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Canola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
40 |
69 |
53 |
0 |
| Corn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
110 |
| Cuphea hybrid |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Poplar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Safflower |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Soybean |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
37 |
149 |
48 |
99 |
76 |
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 | Total Trials | Breeding Objectives Genetic Research |
Breeding Objectives Selectable Marker |
Breeding Objectives Fertility Restoration |
Breeding Objectives Male Sterility |
Breeding Objectives Herbicide Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives Insect Resistance |
Breeding Objectives Yield Increase |
Breeding Objectives Modified Oil Composition |
Breeding Objectives Stress Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives New Species To Canada |
Breeding Objectives Modified Composition |
Breeding Objectives Precursor Of A Pharmaceutical Compound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweet Wormwood | artemisia annua L. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brown Mustard | Brassica juncea | 40 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camelina | Camelina sativa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canola | Brassica napus | 163 | 0 | 96 | 24 | 24 | 90 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corn | Zea Mays | 110 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard | Brassica carinata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar | Populus alba x grandidentata | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safflower | Carthamus tinctorius |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Soybean | Glycine max | 74 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuphea hybrid | cuphea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
