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Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2014
| Year | Number of submissions | Number of field trials |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 111 | 348 |
| Crop | Nfld | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camelina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Canola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 43 | 15 | 0 |
| Corn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 0 | 14 | 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 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soybean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 184 | 74 | 52 | 0 |
| Crop | Alfalfa | Barley | Camelina | Canola | Corn | Pea | Poplar | Potato | Soybean | Wheat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin name | Medicago sativa | Hordeum vulgare | Camelina sativa | Brassica napus | Zea mays | Pisium sativum | Populus spp | Solanum tuberosum | Glycine max | Triticum aestivum |
| Total Trials | 1 | 3 | 8 | 90 | 141 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 69 |
| Herbicide tolerance Table Note 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 141 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 49 |
| Yield increase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Modified oil composition | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stress tolerance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Fungal resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pharmaceutical | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Male sterility | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Modified protein or amino acid content | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Modified carbohydrate content | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Modified secondary metabolites | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Altered maturity or growth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selectable marker (incl. antibiotic resistance) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genetic research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Table Note
- Table Note 1
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Please note that the herbicide tolerance trait may be used as a selectable marker and not as a breeding objective