Qualifying higher plant notification (reference: 25/Q05)
Published 10 March 2025
Applies to England
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Information to be provided to the Secretary of State alongside a notice of intention to release a qualifying higher plant under schedule 3A of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022.
1. The title of the project
Field assessment of oilseed rape gene-edited to enhance seed oil content.
2. The aim of the project (including any matters being investigated as part of the project)
The aim is to assess the agronomic performance of oilseed rape lines that contain gene duplications of transcriptional regulators of seed development created using gene-editing.
3. The full name of the qualifying higher plant to be released under the project
(a) family name: Brassicaceae
(b) genus: Brassica
(c) species: Brassica napus (oilseed rape)
(d) subspecies: not applicable
4. The expected date on which the project will start
1 April 2025.
5. The expected duration of the project
3 years.
6. Confirmation of appropriate measures
Confirmation that the person with overall responsibility for the project will put in place appropriate measures, as necessary, to minimise the possibility of material from the qualifying higher plant being placed on the market. For example by cross-fertilizing sexually compatible commercial crops.
I confirm that appropriate measures will be put in place to comply with these requirements. The qualifying higher plants will not be grown within 200 metres of commercial oilseed rape crops.
Any plant that can cross pollinate with the qualifying higher plant that is flowering at the same time within a 200 metre radius of the trial will be removed.
7. Confirmation that the project meets the criteria set out in ACRE guidance
Confirmation that the person with overall responsibility for the project has read the ACRE guidance on genetic technologies that result in ‘qualifying higher plants’ and has assessed that the higher plants covered by this notification meet these criteria.
I confirm that I have read the ACRE guidance and have assessed that the higher plants covered by this notification meet these criteria.