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. 2021 May 13;12:659736. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.659736

TABLE 6.

List of approved events containing Vip3A proteins in commercial Bt maize in different countries.

S. No. Event Developer Name of Countries and approval year No. of countries Trade Name Genes Target traits
1. Bt11 × MIR162 Syngenta Argentina (2014), Brazil (2015), Colombia (2016), European Union (2016), Japan (2010), Mexico (2017), Philippines (2013), South Korea (2016), Taiwan (2015) 9 Agrisure® VipteraTM 2100 cry1Ab (truncated) + vip3Aa20 + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
2. Bt11 × MIR162 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina (2011), Brazil Canada (2010), Colombia (2012), European Union (2016), Japan, Mexico (2010), Paraguay (2015), Philippines (2010), South Africa (2011), South Korea (2012), Taiwan (2011), Uruguay (2012) 13 Agrisure® VipteraTM 3110 cry1Ab + vip3Aa20 + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
3. Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina (2012), Brazil (2014), Canada (2010), Colombia (2012), European Union (2016), Japan, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea (2010), South Africa, Taiwan (2011) 11 Agrisure® VipteraTM 3111, Agrisure® VipteraTM 4 cry1Ab + vip3Aa20 + mcry3A + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
4. Bt11 × MIR162 × TC1507 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina (2014), Canada (2010), Colombia (2016), Japan (2010), Mexico (2011), Philippines (2010) South Korea (2012), South Africa, Taiwan (2011) 9 Agrisure® VipteraTM 3220 cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + vip3Aa20 + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
5. MIR162 Syngenta Argentina (2011), Australia, Brazil (2009), Canada (2010), China (2014), Colombia, European Union (2012), Indonesia (2011), Iran (2016), Japan (2010), Malaysia (2016), Mexico (2010), New Zealand (2009), Paraguay (2014), Philippines (2010), Russia (2011), Singapore (2017), South Africa (2014), South Korea (2010), Taiwan (2009), Turkey (2015), United States (2008), Vietnam (2014), Zambia (2017) 25 AgrisureTM Viptera vip3Aa20 Lepidopteran insect resistance
6. BT11 × MIR162 × MIR604 Syngenta Brazil (2019), European Union (2016) 2 Agrisure® VipteraTM 3100 cry1Ab + mcry3A + vip3Aa20 + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
7. 5307 × MIR604 × Bt11 × TC1507 × GA21 × MIR162 Syngenta Argentina (2018), Brazil (2015), Canada (2013), Colombia (2016), Japan Mexico (2013), South Africa (2014), Taiwan (2013) 8 Agrisure® DuracadeTM 5222 cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + ecry3.Ab + mcry3A + vip3Aa20 + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
8. MON89034 × TC1507 × NK603 × MIR162 × DAS40278 Dow Agro Sciences LLC Brazil (2018), Japan (2016), Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan (2018) 5 Power CoreTM × MIR162 × EnlistTM cry1Fa2 + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + pat + aad-1 Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
9. MIR162 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina, European Union (2016), Paraguay (2015) 3 Not available vip3Aa20 + mepsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
10. MIR162 × MIR604 Syngenta Brazil (2019), European Union (2016) 2 Not available vip3Aa20 + mcry3A lepidopteran and coleopteran insect resistance
11. MIR162 × MIR604 × GA21 Syngenta European Union (2016) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + mcry3A + mepsps Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
12. MIR162 × MIR604 × TC1507 Syngenta Brazil (2019) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry1Fa2 + mcry3A + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
13. MIR162 × MIR604 × TC1507 × 5307 Syngenta Brazil (2019) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry1Fa2 + mcry3A + ecry3.1Ab + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
14. MIR162 × MIR604 × TC1507 × 5307 × GA21 Syngenta Brazil (2019) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry1Fa2 + mcry3A + ecry3.1Ab + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
15. Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × MON89034 × 5307 × GA21 Syngenta Canada (2017), Japan (2016), South Korea, Taiwan (2018) 4 Not available cry1A.105 + cry1Ab + cry2Ab2 + mcry3A + ecry3.Ab + vip3Aa20 + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
16. BT11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × TC1507 Syngenta Brazil (2019) 1 Not available cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + mcry3A + vip3Aa20 + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
17. BT11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × TC1507 × 5307 Syngenta Brazil (2019) 1 Not available cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + mcry3A + ecry3.Ab + vip3A(a) + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
18. MIR162 × MON89034 Syngenta Argentina (2016), Brazil Mexico (2017), Taiwan (2018) 4 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry2Ab2 + cry1A.105 Lepidopteran insect resistance
19. MIR162 × MON89034 × GA21 Monsanto Company Brazil (2019) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry2Ab2 + cry1A.105 + mepsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
20. MIR162 × NK603 DuPont Argentina (2016), Brazil (2015) 2 Not available vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
21. MIR162 × TC1507 Syngenta Argentina (2014), Brazil (2015) 2 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry1Fa2 + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
22. MIR162 × TC1507 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina (2014) 1 Not available vip3Aa20 + cry1Fa2 + pat + mepsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
23. MON810 × MIR162 DuPont Argentina (2016), Brazil (2015) 2 Not available cry1Ab + vip3Aa20 Lepidopteran insect resistance
24. MON810 × MIR162 × NK603 DuPont Argentina (2016) 1 Not available cry1Ab + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
25. MON87427 × MON89034 × MIR162 × MON87419 × NK603 Monsanto Japan, South Korea (2018) 2 Not available cry1A.105 + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + dmo + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
26. MON87427 × MON89034 × MON810 × MIR162 × MON87411 × MON87419 Monsanto Japan (2018) 1 Not available cry1A.105 + cry1Ab + cry2Ab2 + cry3Bb1 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + dmo + pat Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
27. MON87427 × MON89034 × MIR162 × MON87411 Monsanto Argentina, Brazil (2018), Japan, Mexico, South Korea (2017), Taiwan (2018) 6 Not available cry1A.105 + cry1Ab + cry2Ab2 + cry3Bb1 + vip3Aa20 + dvsnf7 + cp4 epsps Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (lepidopteran and coleopteran)
28. MON87427 × MON89034 × MIR162 × NK603 Monsanto Argentina, Brazil (2019), Colombia (2017), Japan, Mexico (2016), Philippines (2019), South Korea, Taiwan (2016) 8 Not available cry1A.105 + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
29. MON89034 × TC1507 × NK603 × MIR162 Dow Agro Sciences LLC Argentina (2016), Brazil Canada (2017), Colombia (2018), Mexico, Paraguay, South Korea (2017), Taiwan (2018) 8 Not available cry1Fa2 + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
30. Bt11 × MIR162 × MON89034 Syngenta Argentina (2016), Brazil (2017), South Korea, Taiwan (2018) 4 Not available cry1A.105 + cry1Ab + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
31. Bt11 × MIR162 × MON89034 × GA21 Syngenta Argentina (2016), Brazil (2017), Mexico (2017), Philippines (2020), South Korea (2016), Taiwan (2017) 6 Not available cry1A.105 + cry1Ab + cry2Ab2 + vip3Aa20 + mepsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
32. Bt11 × MIR162 × TC1507 Syngenta Argentina (2014) 1 Not available cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + vip3Aa20 + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
33. TC1507 × MIR162 × NK603 DuPont Argentina (2016), Brazil, Mexico (2015) 3 Not available cry1F + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
34. TC1507 × MON810 × MIR162 DuPont Argentina (2016), Brazil (2015), Colombia (2016), Japan (2013), Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan (2015) 7 Not available cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
35. TC1507 × MON810 × MIR162 × NK603 DuPont Argentina (2016), Brazil (2015), Japan, Mexico (2013), Philippines (2015), South Korea, Taiwan (2013) 7 Not available cry1Ab + cry1Fa2 + vip3Aa20 + cp4 epsps + pat Herbicide tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance

Compiled from ISAAA GM Approval Database (http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase).