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Monsanto Australia granted a Permit to extend the Bollgard II planting windows for this season

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Australia
October 24, 2007

Source: Australian Cotton Grower's Research Association (ACGRA)

Permit to extend Bollgard II Planting Windows

Monsanto Australia Ltd. has been granted a Permit to extend the Bollgard II® planting windows for this season by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). The permit has been granted in response to the dramatically reduced areas of early cotton plantings this season. The permit application was supported by the Transgenic and Insecticide Management Strategies Committee (TIMS).

RE: Permit to extend Bollgard II ® planting windows (No. PER 10372)

Monsanto Australia Ltd. has been granted a Permit to extend the Bollgard II® planting windows for this season [only] by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). The permit has been granted in response to the dramatically reduced areas of early cotton plantings this season. In considering the permit request the APVMA has consulted with the Office of Gene technology Regulator (OGTR) and relevant state government agencies (DPI’s).

The permit application was supported by the Transgenic and Insecticide Management Strategies Committee (TIMS). The TIMS Technical Panel considered that current forecasts for the planted cotton area represented significantly reduced exposure of the Bt toxin to the pest (Helicoverpa spp.) in the 2007/08 season. The forecast planted area at the beginning of October represented approximately 10% of the largest cotton crop area recorded in the 1998/99 season and was uniformly distributed across the industry. Therefore unlike a ‘normal’ season when ‘significant’ areas are planted to Bollgard II over the 42 day planting window, this season presents the possibility of a relatively small initial area being planted early to Bollgard II compared to a significantly larger ‘potential’ area being planted late to Bollgard II should belated spring rains occur. This skewed planting schedule would approximate the requirements needed for approving a Bollgard II Planting Window Variation (PWV) but may lengthen the total period of the window between early and late plantings.

Should there be a dramatic turnaround in seasonal conditions in late spring Monsanto and the TIMS committee wanted a mechanism to be in place to enable an immediate response to changed conditions and planting intentions. Therefore a preemptive request to the regulator was made for a contingency plan to allow growers to plant Bollgard II cotton after the close of their Bollgard II planting window as prescribed under the Resistance Management Plan (RMP) and/or Bollgard II planting window variation (if granted). This request has been approved with some conditions for fields planted in ‘the extension’ period.

Permit: http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2007/pdf/20747.pdf

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