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Summary of submissions and field trials of plants with novel traits proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2020

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 number of approved field trials that have been planted in 2020. Note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.
Year Number of submissions Number of field trials
2020 81 176
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
Barley 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Borage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Camelina 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 0
Canola 0 0 0 0 0 24 30 32 26 0
Corn 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
Poplar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Soybean 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sugar beet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
White mustard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 71 34 38 33 0
Table 3: Summary of 2020 field trials' breeding objectives. Data includes only trials that were both authorized and planted (trials terminated early are also included).
Crop Barley Borage Camelina Canola Corn Poplar Soybean Sugar beet White mustard
Latin name Hordeum
vulgare		 Borago
officinalis		 Camelina
sativa		 Brassica
napus		 Zea
mays		 Populus spp Glycine
max		 Beta
vulgaris		 Sinapis
alba
Total Trials 2 1 10 112 45 1 1 3 1
Herbicide toleranceTable Note 1 0 1 1 107 45 0 1 3 1
Yield increase 0 0 6 96 4 0 1 0 0
Modified oil composition 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stress tolerance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fungal resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Insect resistance 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0
Pharmaceutical 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male sterility 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified protein or amino acid content 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified carbohydrate content 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified secondary metabolites 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Altered maturity or growth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selectable marker (incl. antibiotic resistance) 2 0 9 10 3 1 0 0 0
Genetic research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0

Table Note

Table Note 1

Note that the herbicide tolerance trait may be used as a selectable marker and not as a breeding objective

Return to table note 1 referrer

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