The confined research field trial program provides developers with an opportunity to grow plants with novel traits (PNTs) for research purposes under terms and conditions of confinement which are designed to minimize any impact the PNT may have on the environment.
These research trials allow developers to evaluate the field performance of their PNT, to collect information to address the environmental safety criteria necessary for an application for unconfined release, or to undertake academic research.
Table 1: Summary of approved submissions and field trials in 2021.
Year
Number of submissions
Number of field trials
2021
71
271
Table 2: Number of field trials planted in each province, categorized by crop species.
Crop
Nfld
PEI
NS
NB
QC
ON
MB
SK
AB
BC
Barley
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
Camelina
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
12
6
0
Canola
0
0
0
0
0
13
46
77
0
0
Corn
0
0
0
0
0
46
0
0
0
0
Poplar
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Poppy
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Soybean
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
White mustard
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
64
61
91
7
0
Table 3: Summary of 2021 field trial breeding objectives for planted field trials.
