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Summary of submissions and field trials of plants with novel traits proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2019

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 2019. Please note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.
Year Number of submissions Number of field trials
2019 78 99
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 1 0 0 0
Brown mustard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Camelina 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 2 0
Canola 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 10 0 0
Corn 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Poplar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Soybean 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 38 18 41 2 0
Table 3: Summary of 2019 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 Corn Poplar Soybean Wheat
Latin name Hordeum
vulgare
Brassica
juncea
Camelina
sativa
Brassica
napus
Zea   mays Populus spp Glycine
max
Triticum
aestivum
Total Trials 1 1 19 27 14 0 15 21
Herbicide toleranceTable Note 1 0 1 10 23 12 0 0 19
Yield increase 0 0 16 16 0 0 15 17
Modified oil composition 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Stress tolerance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fungal resistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Insect resistance 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
Pharmaceutical 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male sterility 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified protein or amino acid content 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modified carbohydrate content 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Modified secondary metabolites 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Altered maturity or growth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selectable marker (incl. antibiotic resistance) 0 0 17 16 12 1 15 0
Genetic research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other 1 0 0 0 6 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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