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Archived - Summary Tables of Confined Field Trials for Spring 2013

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Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2013.

Table 1: Summary of approved submissions and number of approved field trials that have been planted in 2013. Please note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.
Year Number of submissions Number of field trials
2013 76 244
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 1 0 0 0 0
Brown mustard 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2 0
Camelina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
Canola 0 0 0 0 0 5 41 68 16 0
Castor bean 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Corn 0 0 0 0 5 13 16 0 2 0
Ethiopian Mustard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Poplar 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0
Potato 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soybean 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 0
Total 0 1 0 0 15 27 61 99 41 0
Table 3: Summary of 2013 field trials' breeding objectives. Data includes only trials that were both authorized and planted (trials terminated early are also included).
Crop Barley Brown mustard Camelina Canola Castor bean Corn Ethiopian mustard Pea Poplar Potato Soybean Wheat
Latin Name Hordeum vulgare Brassica juncea Camelina sativa Brassica napus Ricinus communis Zea mays Brassica carinata Pisium sativum Populus spp Solanum tuberosum Glycine max Triticum aestivum
Total trials 1 13 9 130 1 36 2 10 11 1 6 24
Genetic research 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 0 0
Selectable marker (incl. antibiotic resistance) 1 0 5 19 0 17 0 0 10 1 0 24
Herbicide tolerance Table Note 1 0 13 4 113 0 29 0 10 1 0 6 24
Insect resistance 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yield increase 0 0 0 48 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3
Modified oil composition 0 0 7 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Stress tolerance 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fungal resistance 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 1 0 0 0
New crop to Canada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmaceutical 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male sterility 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified protein or amino acid content 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Modified carbohydrate content 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
Modified secondary metabolites 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
Altered maturity or growth 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0

Table Note

Table Note 1

Please 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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