Summary Tables of
Confined Field Trials for Spring 2011

Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2011.

Table 1: Summary of approved submissions and number of approved field trials that have been planted in 2011. Please note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.

Year Number of Submissions Number of Field Trials
2011 229 858

Table 2: Number of field trials per province categorized by crop species. Only trials that have been both authorized and planted are shown (including those terminated early) and do not include those that were authorized and terminated before planting.

Crop Nfld PEI NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC
Alfalfa 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brown Mustard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
Camelina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Canola 0 0 0 0 0 27 79 441 158 0
Corn 0 0 0 0 1 58 4 0 0 0
Cuphea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Ethiopian Mustard 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0
Poplar 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0
Safflower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Soybean 0 0 0 0 5 39 1 0 0 0
Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total 0 5 0 0 21 128 86 448 170 0

Table 3: Summary of 2011 field trials' breeding objectives. Data includes only trials that were both authorized and planted (trials terminated early are also included).

Crop Latin Name Total Trials Breeding Objectives
Genetic Research		 Breeding Objectives
Selectable Marker		 Breeding Objectives
Male Sterility		 Breeding Objectives
Herbicide Tolerance		 Breeding Objectives
Insect Resistance		 Breeding Objectives
Yield Increase		 Breeding Objectives
Modified Oil Composition		 Breeding Objectives
Nutritional Change		 Breeding Objectives
Stress Tolerance		 Breeding Objectives
Fungal Resistance		 Breeding Objectives
New Crop To Canada		 Breeding Objectives
Nitrogen Use Efficiency		 Breeding Objectives
Water Use Efficiency		 Breeding Objectives
Altered Maturity		 Breeding Objectives
Pharmaceutical
Alfalfa Medicago sativa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown Mustard Brassica juncea 9 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camelina Camelina sativa 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canola Brassica napus 705 15 0 0 604 2 446 6 2 141 0 0 67 31 0 0
Corn Zea Mays 63 1 43 0 21 4 43 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 4 0
Cuphea Cuphea viscosissima x C. lanceolata f. silenoides 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ethiopian Mustard Brassica carinata 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flax Linum usitatissinum 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poplar Populus spp 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Safflower Carthamus tinctorius 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Soybean Glycine max 45 0 0 0 45 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wheat Triticum aestivum 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0