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On receipt of an application to release a genetically modified organism the DETR has a statutory duty to enter details of that application onto the Public Register within 12 days of receipt (assuming the clock isn't stopped to 
request further information).  At this point the consent dates are marked 'not yet issued' as the application is being evaluated by the DETR, Other Government Departments (MAFF, HSE, Scottish Office) and the Government's Independent Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE).  There is a 90 day statutory period for evaluation of all applications.  If the application is assessed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate that that the proposed release will have zero or effectively zero risk to the environment and human health, then a 
consent may be granted by the Secretary of State.  The Public Register Index entry is then updated to give the date of consent and any conditions that are attached. Until a consent is issued the genetically modified material may not be released. 

What follows is a copy of the Public Register Index, correct as of August 1998. 
 

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Reference : 93/R2/1 Receipt Date : 1 February 1993 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Potatoes (Maris Bard, Maris Piper varieties), containing coat protein or replicase virus genes Purpose : To assess field resistance to viruses Release Date : May - October 1993 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 24 plants Consent date : 15 April 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== == Reference : 93/R3/1 Receipt Date : 4 February 1993 Applicant : IVEM/NERC (Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology) Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR Organism : Fluorescent Pseudomonad Aureofaciens (SBW25EeZY-6KX) Purpose : To assess survival capacity,colonisation,gene transfer,etc Release Date : March and April 1993 Release Sites : Wytham, Oxfordshire; Littlehampton, West Sussex Release Area : 15 square metres at each site Consent date : 29 March 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R1/1 Receipt Date : 16 February 1993 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks RG12 6EY Organism : Spring oilseed rape + fungal pathogen resistance gene Purpose : To test the efficacy of fungal pathogen resistance gene Release Date : May - August 1993 Release Site : address as above Release Area : approx. 4,000 plants Consent date : 15 April 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== == Reference : 93/R5/1 Receipt Date : 23 February 1993 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Desiree potatoes containing pea lectin genes Purpose : The multiplication of tubers for further trials Release Date : June - August 1993 Release Site : Oathlaw, Forfar, Angus Release Area : 120 square metres Consent date : 12 May 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R4/1 Receipt Date : 1 March 1993 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record & Prairie), modified with genes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test agronomic performance & storage quality Release Date : April - October 1993 Release Site : Maplebeck, Bilsthorp, Newark, Nottinghamshire Release Area : within a 100 acre field Consent Date : 26 April 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R4/2 Receipt Date : 1 March 1993 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record & Prairie), modified with genes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test agronomic performance & storage quality Release Date : April - October 1993 Release Site : Hexgreave Farm, Bilsthorp, Newark, Nottinghamshire Release Area : within a 21 acre field Consent date : 26 April 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R6/1 Receipt Date : 2 March 1993 Applicant : Shell Research Limited Sittingbourne Research Station Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AG Organism : Eucalyptus grandis,modified with agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To determine activity of virus promoter in controlling gene expression; effect on growth rates of modified plants Release Date : May - October 1993 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 48 plants + 132 control plants Consent date : 5 May 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R7/1 Receipt Date : 17 May 1993 Applicant : Rhone Poulenc Agriculture Aldhams Farm, Dead Lane Lawford, Manningtree Essex CO11 2NF Organism : Winter oilseed rape, + inserted gene from bacterium Klebsiella ozanae Purpose : To evaluate efficacy & specificity of herbicide mixtures; investigate application timing of herbicides Release Dates : September 1993 - March 1994 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 3600 square metres Consent date : 13 August 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R8/1 Receipt Date : 1 June 1993 Applicant : Rothamsted Experimental Station Soil Science Department Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ Organism : Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, + inserted GUS gene Purpose : To study frequency of gene transfer between rhizobia strains Release Date : August - September 1993 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 9 square metres Consent date : 13 August 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R9/1 Receipt Date : 22 June 1993 Applicant : Hoechst UK Ltd Agricultural Division East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn PE32 1HN Organism : Winter oilseed rape, Falcon variety, PAT gene inserted Purpose : To enable residue decline & efficacy work to be conducted with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : August - September 1993 Release Site : Hoechst Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn Release Area : 720 square metres Consent date : 26 August 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R3/2 Receipt Date : 25 June 1993 Applicant : Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR Organism : Recombinant baculovirus AcST-3,containing neurotoxin AaHIT Purpose : To test effectiveness of virus in controlling insect pests Release Date : May - September 1993 Release Site : University Farm, Wytham, Oxfordshire Release Area : 200 square metres Consent date : 12 August 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R4/3 Receipt Date : 25 October 1993 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record, Desiree, Prairie & Saturna), modified with genes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test agronomic performance & storage quality Release Dates : April - October, 1994-99 Release Site : Crifton Farm, Bilsthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire Release Area : several plots of less than 2 hectares Consent date : 22 December 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R4/4 Receipt Date : 25 October 1993 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record, Desiree, Prairie & Saturna), modified with genes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test agronomic performance & storage quality Release Dates : April - October, 1994-99 Release Site : Hexgreave Farm, Bilsthorp, Newark, Nottinghamshire Release Area : several plots of less than 2 hectares Consent date : 22 December 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R4/5 Receipt Date : 25 October 1993 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record, Desiree, Prairie & Saturna), modified with genes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test agronomic performance & storage quality Release Dates : April - October, 1994-99 Release Site : Maplebeck Farm, Bilsthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire Release Area : several plots of less than 2 hectares Consent date : 22 December 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 93/R10/1 Receipt Date : 3 November 1993 Applicant : Maribo UK Ltd Potterhanworth, Lincoln LN4 2DY Organism : Sugar beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes Purpose : Assessment for tolerance to Roundup products; to measure root yield, sugar content and juice impurities Release Date : March - November 1994 Release Site : Canwick, Lincoln Release Area : 1500 square metres Consent date : 13 January 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 93/R11/1 Receipt Date : 12 November 1993 Applicant : New Farm Crops Ltd Great Abington Cambridge CB1 6AH Organism : Spring wheat, modified with genes from Maize and E. coli Purpose : To compare the behaviour of the different types of wheat; to assess the activity of the introduced genes Release Date : March - August 1994 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 40 square metres Consent date : 17 December 1993 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R12/1 Receipt Date : 4 January 1994 Applicant : Bejo Zaden BV Trambaan 1 1749 ZH Warmenhuizen, Netherlands Organism : Chicory, modified for male sterility and resistance to gluphosinate ammonium & neomycin phosphotransferase Purpose : Test of agronomic performance of transgenic hybrids Release Date : June - November 1994 Release Site : Elsoms Seeds, Pinchbeck March, Spalding, Lincoln Release Area : 250 square metres Consent date : 17 February 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R5/3 Receipt Date : 19 January 1994 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Desiree potatoes containing pea lectin genes Purpose : The multiplication of tubers for further trials Release Dates : May - August, 1994-98 Release Site : Oathlaw, Forfar, Angus Release Area : 60 - 300 square metres Consent date : 2 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R5/2 Receipt Date : 21 January 1994 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Spring oilseed rape, containing Roundup Ready or Barnase or Glucanase genes Purpose : To measure gene stability, yield, response to sprays Release Date : March - September 1994 Release Site : ADAS Terrington, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk Release Area : 4000 square metres Consent date : 18 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== == Reference : 94/R13/1 Receipt Date : 27 January 1994 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Sleaford, Lincolnshire Organism : Sugar beet, with Roundup resistance gene Purpose : To evaluate seed production & resistance to BWYV/BMYV virus Release Date : March - November 1994 Release Sites : Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln; Brooms Barn Experimental Station, AFRC, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Release Areas : small plots Consent date : 28 April 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting,publication,bioassay (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R14/1 Receipt Date : 31 January 1994 Applicant : The Scottish Agricultural College 581 King Street, Aberdeen Organism : Hign Stearate and Laurate canola-types of oilseed rape Purpose : Evaluation of modified genes for agronomic performance & oil quality; assessment for future production & breeding Release Date : April - November 1994 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 0.8 hectares Consent date : 21 February 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R3/3 Receipt Date : 2 February 1994 Applicant : Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR Organism : Fluorescent Pseudomonad Aureofaciens (SBW25EeZY-6KX) Purpose : To assess survival capacity,colonisation,gene transfer,etc Release Date : April 1994 Release Site : University Farm, Wytham, Oxfordshire Release Area : 15 square metres Consent date : 18 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R17/1 Receipt Date : 2 February 1994 Applicant : Axis Genetics Ltd Babraham, Cambridge Organism : Potato, modified for reduced sugar content & kanamycin resistance Purpose : To examine sugar content, dry matter, yield & processing properties, at harvest and after storage Release Dates : Spring - Autumn, 1994 & 1995 Release Site : Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts Release Area : 1500 square metres Consent date : 24 February 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R15/1 Receipt Date : 4 February 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Assess competitive ability of transgenic lines under different management conditions Release Date : April - October 1994 Release Site : ADAS Terrington, St Clement, Norfolk Release Area : 1866 square metres Consent date : 29 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R15/2 Receipt Date : 4 February 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Verify stability of genetically modified systems; evaluate heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : April - October 1994 Release Site : Throws Farm, Great Dunmow, Essex Release Area : 5550 square metres Consent date : 29 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R15/3 Receipt Date : 4 February 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Verify stability of genetically modified systems; evaluate hybrid system in different genetic backgrounds; evaluate heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : April - October 1994 Release Site : Scottish Agricultural College, Craibstone Estate, Aberdeen Release Area : 7400 square metres Consent date : 29 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R15/4 Receipt Date : 4 February 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate hybrid system in different genetic backgrounds; evaluate heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : April - October 1994 Release Site : G&B Dobson farm, Elkington, Louth, Lincolnshire Release Area : 6500 square metres Consent date : 29 March 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R3/4 Receipt Date : 18 February 1994 Applicant : Natural Environment Research Council Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR Organism : Recombinant baculovirus AcST-3,containing neurotoxin AaHIT Purpose : To assess host range, survival capacity & competition Release Dates : May - September, 1994-98 Release Site : University Farm, Wytham, Oxfordshire Release Area : 2400 metres Consent date : 12 April 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R16/1 Receipt Date : 18 February 1994 Applicant : University of Lancaster Bailrigg, Lancaster Organism : M13 bacteriophage virus Purpose : To field test the GMO as a biological pollution tracer Release Dates : 12-18 months during 1994-96 Release Site : Trimpell site, Heysham, near Lancaster Release Area : small part of the above Consent date : 29 July 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R18/1 Receipt Date : 10 March 1994 Applicant : University of Leicester Leicester Organism : Tobacco, transformed with an oat(Avena sativa) cDNA, encoding the photoreceptor pigment phytochrome A PHYA gene Purpose : To test for the overexpression of PHYA genes disabling the shade avoidance response Release Date : June - September 1994 Release Site : Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts Release Area : 0.4 hectares Consent date : 7 April 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R2/2 Receipt Date : 16 March 1994 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Potatoes (Maris Bard,Maris Piper varieties), containing shrub, barley or potato virus genes Purpose : To assess field resistance to viruses & blight Release Dates : April - October, 1994-98 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 300 - 1200 square metres Consent date : 12 April 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R19/1 Receipt Date : 28 March 1994 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Sugar beet, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin AcetylTransferase) gene Purpose : To conduct residue decline & efficacy work with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : April/May 1994 Release Site : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk Release Area : 360 square metres Consent date : 9 June 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R8/2 Receipt Date : 5 April 1994 Applicant : Rothamsted Experimental Station Soil Science Department Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ Organism : Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, + inserted GUS gene Purpose : To study frequency of gene transfer between rhizobia strains Release Date : May - July 1994 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 9 square metres Consent date : 25 May 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R1/2 Receipt Date : 6 April 1994 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks RG12 6EY Organism : Maize, subject to 4 transformation events (see full entry) Purpose : To evaluate agronomic performance of introduced traits Release Date : June - October 1994 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 4200 plants and control plants Consent date : 4 May 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R5/4 Receipt Date : 20 April 1994 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Tobacco containing Barnase or Glucanase genes Purpose : To test stability of introduced genes Release Date : June - September 1994 Release Site : ADAS Terrington, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk Release Area : 150 square metres Consent date : 13 May 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R19/2 Receipt Date : 2 August 1994 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd Chesterford Park, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1XL Organism : Winter oilseed rape, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) gene Purpose : To conduct residue decline & efficacy work with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : August/September 1994 Release Sites : Cockburnspath,Berwickshire; Southburn,Driffield,E.Yorks; Sutton Veny,Warminster,Wilts; E.Winch,Kings Lynn,Norfolk Release Areas : 3,188 square metres each Consent date : 30 August 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R15/5 Receipt Date : 11 July 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate hybrid system in different genetic backgrounds; evaluate heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Dates : August 1994 - July 1995 Release Site : G&B Dobson farm, Elkington, Louth, Lincolnshire Release Area : 10,600 square metres Consent date : 26 August 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R15/6 Receipt Date : 11 July 1994 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate hybrid system in different genetic backgrounds; evaluate heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Dates : August 1994 - July 1995 Release Site : Shuttleworth Agricultural College, Ickwell, Bedfordshire Release Area : 3,240 square metres Consent date : 26 August 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R19/3 Receipt Date : 23 September 1994 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Winter wheat, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) and GUS (B-glucoronidase) genes Purpose : To enable efficacy work to be conducted with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : November 1994 Release Site : Shelford Field Site,Whittlesford Rd,Little Shelford,Cambridge Release Area : 50 square metres Consent date : 14 November 1994 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 94/R20/1 Receipt Date : 15 November 1994 Applicant : National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0LE Organism : Spring oilseed rape, with inserted genes for herbicide tolerance (Challenge & Basta) Purpose : To investigate uniformity & stability in relation to seed storage conditions & seed production Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Site : NIAB property, 2 miles north of Cambridge Release 
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Reference : 94/R5/5 Receipt Date : 8 December 1994 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Spring wheat containing genes for herbicide resistance, pollen disruption and to alter starch properties Purpose : To test effect of introduced genes Release Dates : October - March, 1995-99 Release Site : Woolpit, nr Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Release Area : 340 square metres Consent date : 21 February 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== == Reference : 94/R13/2 Receipt Date : 22 December 1994 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Sleaford, Lincolnshire Organism : Sugar beet, with Roundup resistance gene Purpose : To evaluate seed production & resistance to BWYV/BMYV virus Release Dates : March - November, 1995 - 2004 Release Sites : Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln; Brooms Barn Experimental Station, AFRC, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Release Areas : small plots Consent date : 10 February 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 94/R21/1 Receipt Date : 22 December 1994 Applicant : Hilleshog NK Brooke Lodge Brooke, Norwich NR15 1JG Organism : 2 lines of sugar beet, transformed with agrobacterium tumefaciens Purpose : To test the tolerance to the herbicide Roundup of sugar beet progeny , containing the Roundup Ready genes Release Date : Spring - Autumn 1995 Release Site : Crown Point Farm, Kirby Bedon, Norwich Release Area : maximum of 3000 square metres Consent date : 1 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R11/2 Receipt Date : 3 January 1995 Applicant : New Farm Crops Ltd Great Abington Cambridge CB1 6AH Organism : Spring wheat, containing B-peru gene of plant origin Purpose : To assess the stability of gene expression, and the efficiency of an isolation method Release Date : March - August 1995 Release Site : address as above Release Area : maximum of 50 square metres Consent date : 14 February 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R22/1 Receipt Date : 18 January 1995 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Thames Tower Burleys Way Leicester LE1 3TP Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes Purpose : To assess the performance of Roundup applications to control the weeds in a beet crop and generate the necessary data for the registration of this Roundup use Release Dates : March 1995 - November 1998 Release Sites : Brunstead Hall, Stalham; The Grange, West Rudham, King's Lynn; Hill Farm, Kirby Bedon, Norwich; Broom's Barn, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk; Morley Research, Attleborough, Norfolk; NIAB, Cambridge Release Areas : Stalham - 14,000 sq m; King's Lynn - 5,500 sq m; Norwich - 2,000 sq m; Bury St. Edmund's - 2,000 sq m; Attleborough - 2,000 sq m; Cambridge - 700 sq m Consent date : 16 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R22/2 Receipt Date : 18 January 1995 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Thames Tower Burleys Way Leicester LE1 3TP Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes Purpose : To assess the performance of Roundup applications to control the weeds in a beet crop and generate the necessary data for the registration of this Roundup use Release Dates : March 1995 - November 1998 Release Sites : Brunstead Hall, Stalham; The Grange, West Rudham, King's Lynn; Hill Farm, Kirby Bedon, Norwich; Broom's Barn, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk; Morley Research, Attleborough, Norfolk; NIAB, Cambridge Release Areas : Stalham - 14,000 sq m; King's Lynn - 5,500 sq m; Norwich - 2,000 sq m; Bury St. Edmund's - 2,000 sq m; Attleborough - 2,000 sq m; Cambridge - 700 sq m Consent date : 16 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R17/2 Receipt Date : 2 February 1995 Applicant : Axis Genetics Ltd Babraham, Cambridge Organism : Desiree potato, with mannose-binding lectin protein gene from the snowdrop, & kanamycin resistance Purpose : To assess vegetative growth & tuber yield under conditions of insect infestation Release Dates : April - September, 1995 & 1996 Release Site : Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts Release Area : 750 square metres (1st year); 2,664 square metres (2nd year) Consent date : 6 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R19/4 Receipt Date : 2 February 1995 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Sugar beet, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) & NPT II (neomycin phosphotransferase) genes Purpose : To conduct residue decline & efficacy work with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : April 1995 Release Sites : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; Shelford Field Site,Whittlesford Rd, Little Shelford, Cambridge Release Areas : 3,200 square metres each site Consent date : 13 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R12/2 Receipt Date : 2 February 1995 Applicant : Bejo Zaden BV Trambaan 1 1749 ZH Warmenhuizen, Netherlands Organism : Chicory, modified for male sterility and resistance to gluphosinate ammonium & neomycin phosphotransferase Purpose : Test of agronomic performance of transgenic hybrids Release Dates : June - November, 1995 - 2000 Release Site : Elsoms Seeds Ltd trial field, Pinchbeck Marsh, Spalding, Lincolnshire Release Area : 1,000 square metres Consent date : 6 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/7 Receipt Date : 20 February 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Verify stability of genetically modified systems; evaluate restoration level, agronomic performance, heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Site : Scottish Agricultural College, Craibstone Estate, Aberdeen Release Area : 5,217 square metres Consent date : 22 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R15/8 Receipt Date : 20 February 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV J. Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Verify stability of genetically modified systems; evaluate restoration level, agronomic performance, heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Site : Throws Farm, Stebbing, Dunmow, Essex Release Area : 9,045 square metres Consent date : 22 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/9 Receipt Date : 20 February 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate agronomic performance, heterotic vigour & yield levels of hybrids Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Site : National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge Release Area : 3,133 square metres Consent date : 22 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R15/10 Receipt Date : 20 February 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate agronomic performance of hybrids Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Site : North Brook Farm, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Release Area : 1,008 square metres Consent date : 22 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R19/5 Receipt Date : 20 February 1995 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Oilseed rape, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) & NPT II (neomycin phosphotransferase) genes Purpose : To conduct residue decline & efficacy work with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : April 1995 Release Sites : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk;National Institute of Agricultural Botany,Huntingdon Road & Shelford Field Site,Whittlesford Rd,Little Shelford,Cambridge Release Areas : 2,500 - 200 - 2,500 square metres respectively Consent date : Application withdrawn - 13 March 1995 
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Reference : 95/R1/3 Receipt Date : 1 March 1995 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks RG12 6EY Organism : Tomato with polygalacturonase & neomycin phosphotransferase genes Purpose : To evaluate agrnomic performance of introduced traits Release Date : May - October 1995 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 2,000 square metres Consent date : 31 March 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
=================================================================================== ===  Reference : 95/R1/4 Receipt Date : 1 March 1995 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks RG12 6EY Organism : Poplar, with cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase antisense & o-methyl transferase antisense genes Purpose : To compare agronomic aspects & pulping characteristics with unmodified poplar Release Dates : April 1995 - December 2002 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 3,600 square metres Consent date : 27 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R2/3 Receipt Date : 6 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Oilseed rape (High Stearate & Laurate Canola), modified for oil content & kanamycin resistance Purpose : Evaluation of agronomic performance & oil quality Release Dates : April - November, 1995-97 Release Site : Redenham Park Farm, Redenham, Andover, Hants Release Area : 2,520 square metres Consent date : 5 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R2/6 Receipt Date : 6 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Oilseed rape (High Stearate & Laurate Canola), modified for oil content & kanamycin resistance Purpose : Evaluation of agronomic performance & oil quality Release Dates : April - November, 1995-97 Release Site : Manor Farm, North Elkington, Louth, Lincolnshire Release Area : 3,360 square metres Consent date : 5 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R2/4 Receipt Date : 7 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Potatoes (Maris Bard, Maris Piper, & Desiree varieties) with shrub, barley or potato virus genes Purpose : To produce seed tubers for further experimental work Release Dates : April - October, 1995-98 Release Site : PBI farm, Contrannie, Nr Bankfoot, Perthshire Release Area : 2,250 s 
quare metres Consent date : 25 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R2/5 Receipt Date: 7 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Breeding International Cambridge Limited Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 2LQ Organism : Potatoes, with genes coding for non-toxic protein giving resistance to potato cyst nematodes, & kanamycin resistance Purpose : To assess field performance of the nematode resistant plants Release Dates : April - October, 1995-98 Release Sites : 1) address as above 2) ADAS, Arthur Rickwood Experimental Husbandry Farm, Mepal (near Ely), Cambridgeshire (from 1996) Release Areas : 1 
,000 square metres Consent date : 25 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R5/6 Receipt Date : 7 March 1995 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Spring oilseed rape containing Roundup Ready genes Purpose : To measure response to sprays, yield, etc Release Date : April - September 1995 Release Site : Morley Research Centre, Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk Release Area : 6,000 square metres Consent date : 6 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/11 Receipt Date : 14 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate seed production methods Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Sites : National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambs; The Grange, Wispington, Horncastle, Lincolnshire; Northwick Farm, Upton Wold, Mureton in Marsh, Gloucs; Oaklyst, Plymtree, Cullompton, Devon; Robinson Farms, The Normans, Bilborough, Yorkshire. Release Areas : 200 square metres (1st site); 1.5 hectares each other site Consent date : 12 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/12 Receipt Date : 14 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate seed production methods Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Sites : National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambs; The Grange, Wispington, Horncastle, Lincolnshire; Northwick Farm, Upton Wold, Mureton in Marsh, Gloucs; Oaklyst, Plymtree, Cullompton, Devon; Robinson Farms, The Normans, Bilborough, Yorkshire. Release Areas : 400 square metres (1st site); 1.5 hectares each other site Consent date : 12 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/13 Receipt Date : 14 March 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : To evaluate agronomic performance & agrochemical treatment Release Date : March - October 1995 Release Sites : AgrEvo, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; AgrEvo, Shelford Field Site, Whittlesford Road, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire; Scottish Agricultural College, Tillycorthie Farm, Udny, Aberdeenshire; Greendykes Farm, Tranent, East Lothian; National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridgeshire; Throws Farm, Stebbing, Great Dunmow, Essex; Rock & Thorn Farms, Inkberrow, Worcestershire; Claxby Grange Farm, Claxby, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. Release Areas : 2,500 square metres (1st & 2nd sites); 400 square metres each other site Consent date : 25 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R14/2 Receipt Date : 20 March 1995 Applicant : The Scottish Agricultural College 581 King Street, Aberdeen Organism : Oilseed rape (High Stearate & Laurate canola) modified for oil content & kanamycin resistance Purpose : To evaluate local agronomic performance & oil quality Release Date : April - November 1995 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 0.8 hectares Consent date : 21 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R14/3 Receipt Date : 20 March 1995 Applicant : The Scottish Agricultural College 581 King Street, Aberdeen Organism : Oilseed rape (High Stearate & Laurate canola) modified for oil content & kanamycin resistance Purpose : To evaluate local agronomic performance & oil quality Release Date : April - November 1995 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 0.8 hectares Consent date : 21 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R19/6 Receipt Date : 31 March 1995 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Maize, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) & ampR (B-lactamase) genes Purpose : To enable efficacy work to be conducted with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : April 1995 Release Site : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; Shelford Field Site,Whittlesford Rd,Little Shelford,Cambridge Release Area : 5,076 square metres each site Consent date : 28 April 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R19/7 Receipt Date : 3 April 1995 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Oilseed rape, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) gene Purpose : To conduct residue decline & efficacy work with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Date : April 1995 Release Sites : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; National Institute of Agricultural Botany,Huntingdon Road & Shelford Field Site,Whittlesford Rd,Little Shelford,Cambridge Release Areas : 5,076 - 8,096 - 5,076 square metres respectively Consent date : 2 May 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R23/1 Receipt Date : 3 April 1995 Applicant : Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Organism : Potatoes, modified for altered carbohydrate metabolism Purpose : Evaluation of tubers to determine sugar, fry colour & other agronomic characteristics Release Dates : May - September, 1995-97 Release Sites : Gourdie/Mylnefield Farm, near Dundee; Angus & Blythbank Farm, near W Linton, Peeblesshire Release Areas : 280 square metres; 140 square metres Consent date : 4 May 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R14/4 Receipt Date : 18 April 1995 Applicant : The Scottish Agricultural College 581 King Street, Aberdeen Organism : High stearate canola, with stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene; laurate canola, with bay TE gene. Purpose : To assess the probability of the establishment of feral populations of transgenic oil-modified canola lines Release Dates : April 1995 - May 1997 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 0.048 hectares Consent date : 24 May 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R18/2 Receipt Date : 24 May 1995 Applicant : University of Leicester Leicester Organism : Tobacco, transformed with an oat(Avena sativa) cDNA, encoding the photoreceptor pigment phytochrome A, or with an Arabidopsis thaliana gene encoding phytochrome B. Purpose : To assess the roles of phytochromes A & B in the shade avoidance responses of plants grown at high densities. Release Date : June - September 1995 Release Site : Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts Release Area : 0.4 hectares Consent date : 23 June 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R23/2 Receipt Date : 6 June 1995 Applicant : Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Organism : Strawberry containing the Cowpea trypsin inhibitor Purpose : To determine if the CpTi gene inserted into strawberry confers resistance to strawberry weevil Release Dates : September 1995 - September 1998 Re1ease Site : East Pilmore Holding, Tayside, Scotland Release Area : 500 square metres approximately Consent date : 1 August 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R19/8 Receipt Date : 8 June 1995 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Winter oilseed rape, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) gene Purpose : To enable efficacy work to be conducted with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Release Dates : August/September 1995 - August/September 1996 Release Sites : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; Driffield, East Yorks; Norton Garden Farm, Aston Subedge, Evesham, Warwicks; East Town Farm, West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wilts; Syrescote Manor,Clipstonthe Wolds, Kegworth, Notts; Wolds Farm, Wiggington, Tamworth, Staffs;The Old Kennels, Newbury, Berks ; Easter Rhynd Farm, Bridge of Earn, Perth; Rosville Farm, Swaby, Alford, Lincs; Town Farm, Denham Road, Hoxne, Nr Eye, Suffolk; Norton Grounds Farm, Mickleton,Chipping Campden, Glos; Tyning Farm Wapley Road, Chipping Sodbury Avon; Syrescote Manor, Wiggington, Tamworth, Staffs; Hall Farm, Kneeton, Notts; The Old Kennels, Newbury, Berks; Lacesston ,Farm, Cateside, Cupar, Fife Release Areas : Total area of each of the release sites will be 3.200 square metres Consent date : 21 July 1995 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R24/1 Receipt Date : 8 June 1995 Applicant : Pioneer Genetique SARL Postbox 6, Chemin de l'Enseigure, 31840 Ausonne, France Organism : Winter oilseed rape containing Roundup Ready TM genes Purpose : To assess the tolerance of modified oilseed rape containing the Roundup Ready TM genes, to Roundup (glyphosate) sprays Release Dates : August 1995 - August 1996 Release Site : Old Manor Farm, Sewstern, Grantham, Lincolnshire Release Area : 2700 square metres Consent date : 10 July 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R7/2 Receipt Date : 23 June 1995 Applicant : Rhone Poulenc Agriculture Aldhams Farm, Dead Lane Lawford, Manningtree Essex CO11 2NF Organism : Winter oilseed rape modified by inserting a nitralase coding sequence from a non-pathogenic soil bacterium Purpose : To assess resistance to oxynil herbicides Release Dates : August 1995 - April 1996 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 1600 square metres Consent date : 31 July 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R6/2 Receipt Date : 28 June 1995 Applicant : Shell Research Limited Forestry Research Unit HRI East Malling, West Malling Kent ME19 6BJ Organism : Eucalyptus grandis, modified with EPSPS, GUS, Glyphosate oxidoreductase and NPTII genes Purpose : To determine the field performance of modified plants when challenged with glyphosate at doses up to those and including those used in commercial eucalyptus plantation forestry Release Date : July - October/November 1995 Release Site : address as above Release Area : 2500 square metres Consent date : 28 July 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/14 Receipt Date : 28 June 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Winter oilseed rape modified with bar, barnase, neo and barstar genes Purpose : To verify stability of nuclear male sterility/restored fertility system; evaluation of light leaf spot resistance; evaluation of winter hardiness; evaluation of heterotic vigour, yield and restoration levels, and agronomical performance Release Dates : August 1995 - September 1996 Release Sites : Melbourn, Cambridgeshire; Craibstone Estate, Aberdeen; Louth, Lincolnshire; Clashnoir Farm, Tomnavoulin Release Areas : Melbourn: 33,900 square metres Aberdeen: 3,842 square metres Louth: 28,980 square metres Tomnavoulin: 120 square metres Consent date : 9 August 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R25/1 Receipt Date : 27 July 1995 Applicant : University of Derby Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB Organism : Apple trees (cultivars Greensleeves and Jonagold) containing insect resistance, pathogenic fungal resistance, kanamycin resistance and marker genes Purpose : To assess field performance of transgenic apple cultivars modified to resist insect pests and fungal pathogens Release Dates : October 1995 - October 1997 Release Site : Derbyshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Broomfield, Morley, Ilkeston, Derbyshire Release Area : 700 square metres Consent date : 27 September 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R13/4 Receipt Date : 21 August 1995 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Sleaford, Lincolnshire Organism : Brassica napus L (swedes or fodder or oilseed rape) with Roundup resistance, transformed using established Agrobacterium technology, Also contains marker genes. Purpose : To evaluate the GMO's agronomically and academically, particularly to test their resistance to Roundup Release Dates : The application is for a 10 year programme 1995-2005, with the first release scheduled for February/March 1996 Release Sites : Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln and Mylnefield, Invergowrie, Dundee Release Areas : Maximum of 1 hectare Consent date : 22 November 1995 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R22/3 Receipt Date : 30 August 1995 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Thames Tower, Burleys Way Leicester LE1 3TP Organism : Winter oilseed rape containing Roundup Ready genes Purpose : To assess the performance of Roundup applications to control the weeds in a winter oilseed rape crop and generate the necessary data for the registration of this Roundup use Release Dates : August 1995 - July 1996 Release Sites : Ruyton XI Towns, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Navenby, Lincoln; Edlington, Horncastle, Lincs; Martin Fen, Woodhall Spa, Lincs; Aslackby, Nr Bourne, Lincs; Crayke, Easingwold, N Yorks. Release Areas : Ruyton XI Towns - 0.45 ha; Navenby - 0.72 ha; Edlington - 0.27 ha; Martin Fen - 0.15 ha; Aslackby -0.42 ha; Crayke 0.27 ha Consent date : 29 September 1995 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R1/5 Receipt Date : 23 November 1995 Applicant : Zeneca Seeds UK Limited Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn PE31 8LS Organism : Sugar Beet hybrid modified for resistance to glufosinate ammonium Purpose : To evaluate the level of tolerance and the agronomic performance under various herbicide treatments Release Date : March - November 1996 Release Site : address as above Release Area : Approximately 1,000 square metres Consent date : 17 January 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R15/15 Receipt Date : 28 November 1995 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Male sterile & restorer spring oilseed rape Purpose : Evaluation of Agronomical value of crop varieties; tests to identify a line; Alternativity tests to evaluate behaviour of crop under Winter conditions, and seed certification control plots Release Dates : April - October 1996, with Alternativity testing taking place during August 1996 - February 1997 Release Sites : Cambridge (NIAB); Aberdeen (SAC); Great Dunmow (Dalgety); Inkberrow (Perryfields); Nettleton (Nickersons); Edinburgh (SAC); Morley (NIAB); Bridgets (NIAB); Harper Adams (NIAB) Release Areas : 12, 24, 200, 400 & 450 sq m sites at Cambridge 200 sq m sites at: Aberdeen; Edinburgh; Morley; Bridgets; Harper Adams 400 sq m sites at: Aberdeen; Great Dunmow; Inkberrow; Nettleton; Edinburgh Consent date : 3 January 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R13/5 Receipt Date : 1 December 1995 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Plant Breeding Station, Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln LN5 0LF Organism : Sugar beet expressing a frustosyltranferase gene and producing small amounts of high molecular mass fructan, with GUS and Kanamycin resistant marker genes Purpose : To evaluate the agronomic performance of fructan producing sugar beet Release Dates: A ten year programme of work planned to run from 1996 - 2005 Release Sites : Plant Breeding Station, Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln and IACR, Brooms Barn, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Release Areas : No trial will exceed 1 ha Consent date : 22 January 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R11/3 Receipt Date : 15 December 1995 Applicant : New Farm Crops Ltd Great Abington, Cambridge CB1 6AH Organism : Spring wheat, modified to be tolerant to fungal diseases, with inserted PAT (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase) gene conferring tolerance to glufosinate ammonium herbicides Purpose : To evaluate the field performance of 5 new lines of genetically modified wheat and to determine whether, as expected, there is an increased tolerance to three fungal diseases native to the UK Release Date : March - August 1996 Release Site : address as above Release Area : Maximum of 100 square metres Consent date : 27 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R21/2 Receipt Date : 20 December 1995 Applicant : Hilleshog NK Brooke Lodge Brooke, Norwich NR15 1JG Organism : 2 lines of sugar beet, transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens using standard techniques Purpose : To test the tolerance to the herbicide Roundup of sugar beet progeny, containing the Roundup Ready genes Release Dates : Programme of work initially covering five years from Spring 1996 to Winter 2000 Release Sites : Kirby Bedon, Norwich and Stalham, Norfolk Release Areas: The trial at each location will not exceed 5000 square metres (0.5 ha) Consent date : 26 January 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 95/R5/7 Receipt Date : 4 January 1996 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Potatoes genetically modified for altered carbohydrate composition in the tubers with marker genes expressing kanamycin resistance and GUS Purpose : To test the field performance of the inserted carbohydrate modification genes Release Dates : Four year programme of work from June 1996 - October 1999 Release Site : Pitgaveny Estate, Elgin, Morayshire Release Area : Trial site will not exceed 0.5 ha for the duration of the programme of work. Consent date : 20 February 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R22/4 Receipt Date : 19 January 1996 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Business Unit, PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes Purpose : Evaluation of agronomic and biological characteristics of a beet crop transformed to be tolerant to Roundup and assessing the performance of Roundup in controlling Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln LN5 0LF Release Dates : A three year programme from March 1996 to December 1998 Release Sites : Mere Hall, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln; Honeyhill Farm, Saxham, Bury St. Edmunds; Garendon Park Farms. Ashby Road, Loughborough; Didbrook Fields, Toddington, near Cheltenham Release Areas : Lincoln - 432 sq m; Bury St. Edmunds - 864 sq m; Loughborough - 783 sq m; Toddington - 378 sq m Consent date : 19 February 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R21/3 Receipt Date : 25 January 1996 Applicant : Hilleshog NK Brooke Lodge, Brooke, Norwich NR15 1JG Organism : 2 lines of sugar beet, transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens using standard techniques Purpose : To test the tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium of sugar beet progeny, containing the PAT gene Release Date : Spring 1996 - Autumn/Winter 1996 Release Site : Hill Farm, Kirby Bedon, Norwich, Norfolk Release Area: The size of trial will not exceed 0.5 ha Consent date : 1 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R23/3 Receipt Date : 20 February 1996 Applicant : Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Organism : Potatoes, modified for altered carbohydrate metabolism and the marker genes for resistance to kanamycin and hygromycin Purpose : To produce tubers for chemical analyses and fry testing and for seed for further trials Release Dates : October 1996 - October 1998 Release Sites : Gourdie/Mylnefield Farm, near Dundee; Angus & Blythbank Farm, near W Linton, Peeblesshire Release Areas : Maximum of 500 square metres Consent date : 29 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R23/4 Receipt Date : 20 February 1996 Applicant : Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Organism : (i) Potatoes (Catriona, Desiree, Pentland Crown, Pentland Squire) with the GUS gene from E. coli with CaMV promoter; (ii) the cDNA of the SAMDC gene of potato with the HPTII gene which expresses hygromycin resistance; (iii) potatoes transformed with a plasmid containing a tetracycline repressor ; (iv) the rol C gene of Agrobacterium rhizogenes under the control; (v) the potato leafroll virus coatprotein gene (PLRVcp). In all the above (except (ii) the NPTII kanamycin resistance gene is present Purpose : To produce tubers for destructive analyses post storage to determine nutritional value in comparison with non- transformed equivalents and to produce seed tubers for subsequent trialling of clones in coming years. Release Dates : April 1996 - October 1998 Release Sites : Gourdie/Mylnefield Farm, near Dundee; Angus & Blythbank Farm, near W Linton, Peeblesshire Release Areas : 1996: 2,100 sq metres maximum; 1997: 2,100 & 300 sq metres maximum; 1998: 2,100 7 15,000 sq metres maximum Consent date : 12 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R15/16 Receipt Date : 21 February 1996 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Spring oilseed rape with introduced male sterile & restorer genes Purpose : To verify the stability of the nuclear male sterility/restored fertility system; evaluation of the restoration level and agronomical performance of transgenic hybrids, heterotic vigour and yield levels in comparison to non- transformed varieties Release Date : March - October 1996 Release Sites : Scott Arable Crops Station, Sacrewell Lodge, Thornhaugh; SAC, Craibstone, Bucksburm, Aberdeen; Deminfort University, Lincoln; ADAS, High Mowthorpe, Dugglesby, Malton Release Areas : Approx. 3240 sq metres in total Consent date : 27 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R4/6 Receipt Date : 21 February 1996 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Potatoes (Record, Desiree, Prairie & Hermes) modified to alter sugar and starch metabolism. Purpose : To test the commercial potential of the modified varities Release Dates : April 1996 - November 2001 Release Sites : Crifton Lodge Farm, Hexgreave Farm, Bilsthorpe and Lord's Ground Farm, Swaffam Prior, Burwell Release Areas : 1,000 square metres per experiment, with no more than three experiments Consent date : 22 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R18/3 Receipt Date : 21 February 1996 Applicant : University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH Organism : Tobacco, transformed with an oat (Avena sativa) cDNA, encoding the photoreceptor pigment phytochrome A, with a selectable marker for resistance to kanamycin Purpose : To assess the role of phytochrome A in the shade avoidance responses of plants grown at high densities Release Date : June - September 1995 Release Site : Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts Release Area : 0.4 ha Consent date : 22 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R13/6 Receipt Date : 23 February 1996 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Plant Breeding Station Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln LN5 0LF Organism : Maize expressing the PAT gene conferring resistance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium Purpose : To evaluate the agronomic performance of maize for MAFF National List and similar purposes Release Dates: April 1996 - November 2006 Release Sites : NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge; Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Cheshire; Lower Bisterne, Ringwood, Hampshire; Winscott Barton, Newton St. Cyres, Exeter; Superity Farm, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire Release Areas : Approximately 1-3 ha Consent date : 2 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R22/5 Receipt Date : 26 February 1996 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Protection, PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes Purpose : Evaluation of agronomic and biological characteristics of a beet crop transformed to be tolerant to Roundup and assessing the performance of Roundup in controlling weeds in a beet crop. Release Dates : A five year programme from March 1996 to December 2000 Release Site : Auborn Farming, Auborn, Lincoln Release Areas : 75 square metres Consent date : 27 March 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R19/9 Receipt Date : 29 February 1996 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Sugar Beet modified by the insertion of pat (Phosphinotricin Acetyl Transferase)gene to express tolerence to glufosinate, the active ingrediant of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. Also by the inserton of nptII (neomycin phosphotransferase) gene to express kanamycin resistance. The pat gene is a synthetic construct. The regulatory sequences are derived from cauliflower mosaic virus and the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Purpose : To enable residue and efficacy studies to be conducted following application of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. Release Dates : March/April 1996 - November/December 1996 Release Sites : Site 1: Mere Hall, East Mere, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, Lincs; Site 2: Wiles Farm, Dawsmere, Spalding, Lincs; Site 3: Gravel Pit Farm, Exening, Newmarket, Suffolk; Site 4: East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; Sites 5 & 6: Marlborough Farm, Aubourn, Lincoln, Lincs Release Areas : Maximum total area of release Sites 1-5 will be 2000 sq metres per site, with 100 sq metres for Site 6 Consent date : 11 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R19/10 Receipt Date : 29 February 1996 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1HN Organism : Potatoes (Desiree) modified by the insertion of marker genes for resistance to kanamycin or hygromycin and the coding region of various genes for starch metabolism Purpose : To investigate the biosynthesis of starch; the physical, chemical and biochemical analysis of modified starchand to identify breeding lines of particular use Release Dates : Four year programme of work from April 1996 - September 1999 Release Site : address as above Release Area : Maximum of 4000 sq metres Consent date : 4 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R19/11 Receipt Date : 20 March 1996 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Oilseed Rape modified by the insertion of pat gene (Phosphinothricin acetyl Transferase) to express resistance to glufosinate, the active ingredient in the total herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. The pat gene is a synthetic construct and the regulatory sequences are derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus. Purpose : To enable the GM crop to be demonstrated to distributers and growers and to be used for research and development purposes. Release Dates : March/April 1996 - August 1996 Release Sites : Experimental Farm, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk; Ugly Duck Farm, Biggs Road, Walton Highway, Wisbech, Norfolk Release Area : Maximum 250 square metres Consent date : 10 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R5/8 Receipt Date : 25 March 1996 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB2 4RL Organism : The plants to be released are high erucic acid spring oilseed rape plants which have been modified using Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation to insert the 1 acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyl transferase gene from Limnathes douglassi to alter the fatty acid composition of the oil. This gene is under the control of a seed specific promoter from oilseed rape (napin), which means that the gene is only expressed in the seed. Also present in these plants is a selectable marker gene, kanamycin resistance, under the control of a 35S promoter which is expressed throughout the plant. Release Dates : Planting in March, April or May depending on weather conditions and availability of seed. In 1996, when the consent is granted. Harvesting will take place at maturity, which we anticipate will be no later than the end of October in any year for the duration four year of the programme of work. The final release in the programme will terminate by the end of October 1999. Release Site : Nickerson Seeds Ltd, Woolpit Business Park,Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 3UP Grid Reference: 9662 Release Area : Maximum of 1 ha Consent date : 24 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R14/6 Receipt Date : 1 April 1996 Applicant : The Scottish Agricultural College Ferguson Building Craibstone Estate Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA Organism : The GMO to be tested is Laurate canola which is rapeseed with a modified fatty acid profile. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate, not normally occurring in canola type oilseed rape is present in the GMO. The gene of interest codes for 12:0 ACP thioesterase. The thioesterase enzyme causes laurate to accumulate (by cleaving lauroyl-ACP) instead of being converted to longer chain fatty acids. The parent does not possess this enzyme but produces thioesterases (with significant sequence homology to the 12:0 thioesterase) that act on longer chain fatty acid chains. Use of the napin promoter restricts the fatty acid modification to the developing seed. Laurate canola consistantly has Laurate in seed unlike conventional varieties, which is the main criterion used to assess activity of the 12:0 ACP thioesterase enzyme in this GMO. The GMO also contains the kanamycin resistance gene from Tn5 which is present in all cells. Purpose : To evaluate Calgene Inc's high lauric acid rapeseed for agronomic performance and oil quality under commercial conditions in the UK. Release Dates : Planting window: March 25 to May 10 1996. Swathing window: August 15 to November 1 1996 with harvest to be accomplished by mid-November, depending upon weather conditions. Release Sites : Site 1: SAC, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PH; Site 2: Model Farm, Shirburn, Watlington, Oxford, OX9 5DX; Site 3: Chescombe Farm, Winterbourne, Whitechurch, Blandford, Dorset DT11 0AR Release Areas : Site 1: 3.86 ha; Site 2: 13 ha; Site 3: 6.417 ha Consent date : 30 April 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R19/12 Receipt Date : 22 April1996 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Maize modified by the insertion of pat gene (Phosphinothricin acetyl Transferase) to express resistance to glufosinate, the active ingredient in the total herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. The pat gene is a synthetic construct and the regulatory sequences are derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus. A truncated or disrupted version of the ampR gene is also inserted which is non-functional. Purpose : To enable efficiency and demonstration work to be carried out with the herbicide glufosinate ammonium. Release Dates : Sowing May 1996, harvesting September/October 1996 Release Sites : Site 1: AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Site 2: Hills Nurseries Appleton, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5QN Release Areas : The total area of sites 1 and 2 is a maximum of about 2,500 square metres Consent date : 17 May 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R1/NI/1 Receipt Date : 10 June 1996 Applicant : Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland Applied Plant Science Division Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX Organism : Potato plants modified to contain a gene which makes them resistant to kanamycin and a gene, derived from a part of the genome of potato virus X, which should enhance resistance to infection by potato virus X. Purpose : To assess somaclonal variation and resistance to vector-transmitted spread of potato virus Y and potato leaf roll virus Release Dates : From 01 June 1996 to 31 October 1996 Release Site : Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX Release Area : 20m x 40m Consent date : 5 July 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R27/1 Receipt Date : 19 June 1996 Applicant:: Perryfields Holdings Ltd Thorn Farm Inkberrow Worcs. WR7 4LJ Organism : Winter oilseed rape modified for tolerance to glufosinate ammonium herbicides. Purpose : To conduct a two year variety registration programme. Release Dates : Sowing August 1996/7, harvesting 30 September 1997/8 Release Sites : 1996/7: Manor Farm, Caxton, Cambs; ADAS Bridgets, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hants; Edge House Farm, Belsay, Newcastle upon Tyne; Tillycorthie Farm, Udny Station, Aberdeenshire; Highfield, Dennington Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk; Manor Farm, Twyford, Banbury, Oxon; Cotehill Farm, Osgodby, Market Rasen, Lincs; Two sites at NIAB HQ trialground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge; ADAS Boxworth, Boxworth, Cambs; Wood Farm, Runhall, Norwich, Norfolk; Bollington Hall Farm, Ugley, Essex; Bramham Farm Partnerships, Terrylug Farm, Bramham, Wetherby; Bank Farm, Bank Lane, Aldington, Ashford, Kent; West Craigie Farm, South Queensbury, Lothian Sites will be notified for 1997/8 in due course Release Areas : 1996/7: Approx 200 square metres at each site. 1997/8: Approx 300 square metres at each site. Consent date : 6 August 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R22/6 Receipt Date : 20 June 1996 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Business Unit PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Winter oilseed rape modified for tolerance to glyphosate herbicides Purpose : To conduct a variety registration programme. To assess the performance of glyphosate herbicide applications to control the weeds in a winter oilseed rape crop and generate the necessary data for the registration of this Roundup use Release Dates : Sowing August 1996/7/8, harvesting July 1997/8/9 Release Sites : 1996/7: Two sites at NIAB trialground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge; NIAB trial site, Martyr Worthy, Winchester; Manor Farm, Caxton, Cambridge; Edge House Farm, Belsay, Nr Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne; Tillycorthie Farm, Udny Station, Aberdeen Highfield, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk; Manor Farm, Twyford, Banbury, Oxon; Cotehill Farm, Osgodby, Market Rasen, Lincs; ADAS Boxworth, Boxworth, Cambridge; Morley EHF,Wood Farm, Runhall, Nr Wymondham, Norfolk; Bollington Hall Farm, Ugley, Essex; Bramham Farm Partnerships, Terrylug Farm, Bramham, Wetherby; Wye Agric College, Bank Lane, Aldington, Nr Ashford, Kent; West Craigie Farm, South Queensbury, Lothian Sites will be notified for 1997/8 and 1998/9 in due course Release Areas : Each site will have a total area of 0.75 hectares Consent date : 6 August 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R15/17 Receipt Date : 21 July 1996 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape with introduced male sterile & restorer genes and resistance to kanamycin and glufosinate ammonium herbicides Purpose : To verify the stability of the nuclear male sterility/ restored fertility system; evaluation of light Leaf Spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) resistance; evaluation of winter hardiness; first field evaluation of 36 new male sterile lines; evaluation of the restoration level and agronomic performance; evaluation of the hetrotic vigour and yield levels Release Date : From 1 August 1996 to 31 August 1997 Release Sites : Site 4401: Melbourn, Cambridgeshire; Site 4403: Tomnavoulin, Grampian; Site 4404: Craibstone, Aberdeen; Site 4405: Louth, Lincolnshire; Site 4406: Cirencester, Gloucestershire Release Areas : Site 4401: Melbourn, approx. 61136 square metres, and two additional trials of approx 9600 square metres; Site 4403: Grampian, approx. 1800 square metres; Site 4404: Aberdeen, approx.16144 square metres; Site 4405: Louth, approx. 4788 square metres; Site 4406: Cirencester, approx. 4788 square metres Consent date : 21 August 1996 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R1/6 Receipt Date : 14 November 1996 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks RG42 6ET Organism : Poplar (Populus tremula x Populus alba) genetically modified by the addition of one of the following:antisense cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) or antisense O-methyl transferase (OMT). Both contain the marker gene npt II conferring kanamycin resistance. Both antisense genes alter the phenotypic expression of lignin and are coupled to the 35 s promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus and the nos terminator from Agrobacterium tumefacien Purpose : Assessment of agronomic and pulping characteristics of poplar genetically modified to alter lignin composition Release Dates : December 1997 to December 2004 Release Site : address as above Release Area : Approximately 25 metres by 20 metres Consent date : 13 December 1996 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R5/9 Receipt Date : 23 December 1996 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Spring oilseed rape genetically modified with constructs which contain a gene to reduce splitting or shattering of the seed pods at or before harvest and a gene confering Kanamycin resistance. Purpose : To test the field perfomance of the introduced genes Release Date : Sowing in April and harvesting in August or September Release Site : Sacrewell Lodge Farm, Thornhaugh, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Release Area : 26 metres by 16 metres Consent date : 5 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R21/4 Receipt Date : 24 December 1996 Applicant : Hilleshog (UK) Ltd Brooke Lodge, Brooke, Norwich NR15 1JG Organism : Sugar beet genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide Roundup, with GUS marker gene Purpose : The proposed experiments are part of a mid- to long-term breeding programme based on progeny of sugar beet plants containing the Roundup Ready genes (tolerance to glyphosate). The aim of the programme is to develop commercial sugar beet varieties which can be used in combination with Roundup to provide the farmers with an alternative weed management system. Release Dates : From 01 March 1997 to 30 November 2001 Release Sites : The application is for a programme of work that will extend over 5 years from 1997 to 2001. There will be in the region of 9 sites in year 1 (1997) and in the region of 21 sites in subsequent years, all will be in England but the exact number may vary from year to year. The detailed locations can only be provided in late winter/early spring of each trialing year when NIAB's trialing plans have been completed. However one site which can be noted to be definitely used in all 5 years of the programme applied for is: The Exning Estate company Exning Estate Office Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7NN Release Area: The trial at each location will not exceed 2 ha. Consent date : 25 February 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R5/10 Receipt Date : 3 January 1997 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Spring oilseed rape genetically modified to enable production of phytase. In addition plants of one construct carry the selectable marker kanamycin resistance, some of the lines of the other 2 constructs also contain herbicide tolerance selectable marker genes as these were produced using a cotransformation method. Purpose : To multiply seed for future trials. Release Date : From 1 April 1997 to 30 September 1997 Release Site : Claxby Grange Farm, Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire. Grid Ref: 0996 Release Area : 2000 metres Consent date : 30 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
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Reference : 96/R28/1 Receipt Date : 7 January 1997 Applicant : John K King & Sons Ltd Coggeshall Colchester Essex CO6 1TH Organism : Oilseed rape genetically modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene from Tn5, and to be resistant to kanamycin. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate is present in the GMO unlike conventional oilseed rape. Extensive studies done In the USA with the GMO indicates that it is not more weedy, persistent, invasive or prolific than currently grown canola varieties, and the GMO exhibit no selective or competitive advantage. Purpose : To continue to evaluate Calgene Inc's modified oil genes in the current rapeseed genetic backgrounds for agronomic performance and oil quality in the UK. Assessment of the material for future commercial production and continuation of a plant breeding programme to meet those needs. Release Date : From 15 March 1997 to 30 November 1997 Release Sites : Field 1 Old Hall Farm, Lackenby, Eston, Middlesborough, N Yorks, TS6 8DN Field 2 Low Bonwick Farm, Bewholme, East Yorkshire, YO25 8EE Field 3 Awbridge Farm, Trysull, Wolverhampton Field 4 Yucca House Farm, Mareham on the Hill, Horncastle, Lincs, LN9 6PQ Field 5 Shidlaw, Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4RP Field 6 Brick Kiln Farm, Chilgrove, Chichester, PO18 9HS Field 7 Copper Trees, Cryers Hill Lane, High Wycombe, Bucks HP15 6AR Field 8 Manor Farm, Crux Easton, Newbury, Berkshire Field 9 Redhill Farm, Redmarley, Gloucestershire Field 10 White House, Newcastle, Monmouthshire, NP5 4NF Field 11 Eastbury Estates (1955) Ltd, Bussey Stool Farm, Tarrant Gunville, Blandford Field 12 Home Farm, Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, OX44 9PR Release Areas: Field 1 38,400 square metres (3.84 ha) Field 7 80,000 square metres (8.00 ha) Field 2 84,500 square metres (8.45 ha) Field 8 76,900 square metres (7.69 ha) Field 3 198,500 square metres (19.85 ha) Field 9 455,900 square metres (45.59 ha) Field 4 204,800 square metres (20.48 ha) Field 10 149,800 square metres (14.98 ha) Field 5 155,000 square metres (15.50 ha) Field 11 111,400 square metres (11.14 ha) Field 6 150,000 square metres (15.00 ha) Field 12 155,200 square metres (15.52 ha) Consent date : 18 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R22/7 Receipt Date : 7 January 1997 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Protection, PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes (glyphosate tolerance) Purpose : The proposed release is part of a programme to develop Beta vulgaris plants containing the Roundup Ready genes (which confer tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate). The aim of this programme is to provide farmers with an alternative weed management system for the sugar beet crop. Release Dates : From 01 March 1997 to 31 January 2000 Release Site : Broom Barn Experimental Station AFRC Institue of Arable Crops Research Higham, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6NP [National Grid Ref: TL752656] Release Area : Not exceeding 1500 sq metres Consent date : 20 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 96/R22/8 Receipt Date : 7 January 1997 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Protection, PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Fodder Beet, modified with Roundup Ready genes (glyphosate tolerance) Purpose : Official field trial programme for the inclusion of cultivated fodder beet (Beta vulgaris), containing t he Roundup Ready genes (glyphosate tolerance) onto the recommended list of NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany). Release Dates : From 1 March 1997 to 31 January 2000 Release Sites : In year one (1997) there will be four locations: Exning Estate Co. Sharpes International G. Whitfield & Son Ltd Exning Estate Office Plant Breeding Station Cheswell Grange Riding Farm Exning Boothby Graffoe Lilleshall Walsham le Willows Newmarket Lincoln Telford Bury St Edmunds Suffolk LN5 0LF Shropshire [Grid ref: TL 621660] [Grid Ref: SK 964588] [Grid Ref: SJ 717167] [Grid Ref: TM 014701] Release Areas : Individual plot sizes will be 12m x 1.5m, replicated three times. Total trial area will not exceed 1500 m sq., including non GMO plots and border rows. Consent date : 20 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R19/13 Receipt Date : 20 January 1997 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Sugar beet modified by the insertion of pat (Phosphinothricin Acetyl Transferase) gene to express toleranceto phosphinothricin (the alternative older chemical name for glufosinate, the active principle of the total herbicide glufosinate-ammonium) and nptll neomycin phosphotransferase) gene to express resistance to the anti-biotic kanamycin . The pat gene is a synthetic construct and the regulatory sequences are derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus and the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Purpose : To enable residue, efficiency, variety performance and variety registration studies to be conducted to support the development of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium as a selective herbicide Release Dates : Sowing March/April with harvesting in October/November or December of each year (1997/2001) Release Sites : Site 1: Gravel Pit Farm, Exening, Newmarket, Suffolk Further details of the remaining sites in 1997 and the following 4 years will be provided as soon as they are availableWannage Farm, Sedge Fen Road, Southery, Downham Market, Cambridgeshire, PE38 0PT Release Areas : The total area at each site will be no more than 5000 square metres Consent date : 17 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R13/8 Receipt Date : 24 January 1997 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Plant Breeding Station, Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln LN5 0LF Organism : Sugar beet modified to be tolerant to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium by the insertion of the pat gene. The npt II marker gene for kanamycin resistance is also present. Purpose : To evaluate the level of tolerance and agronomic performance of the genetically modified sugar beet hybrid under various herbicide treatments. Release Dates: 10 year programme of work, from 01 March 1997 to 31 December 2006 Release Site : 1997 site: address as above In later years additional sites may be used Release Area : No trail will exceed 10,000 sq metres Consent date : 12 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R13/7 Receipt Date : 31 January 1997 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd Plant Breeding Station, Boothby Graffoe, Lincoln LN5 0LF Organism : Roundup resistance of Spring Oilseed Rape Purpose : To evaluate Roundup Resistance in Spring Oilssed Rape and conduct National List Trials for variety registration and similar trials. Release Dates: From 1 February 1997 to 31 October 2006 Release Sites : 1997 sites: 1. NL: Cambridge: TBA: TBA 2. NL: Aberdeen: Links Hill Farm, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland: [NG 903 227] 3. NL DUS plots: Cambridge: NIABHQ Trialground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge: [TL 4327 6025] 4. HGCA: Edinburgh: Boghall Farm, Bigger Road, Penicuik, Mid-Lothian: [NT 253 649] 5. BSPB: Nickersons: Claxby Grange Farm, Market Rasen, Lincs. LN8 3YP: [TF 010 963] 6. BSPB: Dalgety: Throws Farm, Stebbing, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 3AQ: [TL 667 229] 7. BSPB: Perryfields: Perryfields Holdings Ltd, Thorn Farm, Inkberrow, Worcs, WR7 4LJ 1998 sites to be determined Release Areas : 1997 sites: a maximum of 15000 (m ) at each site Consent date : 13 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R19/14 Receipt Date : 10 February 1997 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Oilseed rape modified by the insertion of pat gene (Phosphinothricin Acetyl Transferase) to express resistance to glufosinate-ammonium and resistance to kanamycin (marker gene). The pat gene is a synthetic construct and the regulatory sequences are derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus. Purpose : Field Release of Glufosinate Ammonium Tolerant Spring Oilseed Rape for Demonstration and Research and Development Purposes Release Dates : From 1 March 1997 to 31 August 1998 Release Sites : Site 1 Experimental Farm AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Limited East Winch Hall,,East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk PE2 1HN [National Grid Reference TF705163] Further sites will be notified when they are confirmed. Release Areas : The total area of site will be a maximum of 3,000 square metres Consent date : 18 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/18 Receipt Date : 10 February 1997 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape modified to tolerate glufosinate-ammonium herbicide and for male sterility and fertility restorer functions Purpose : To verify the stability of the nuclear male sterility/restored fertility system under specific environmental conditions, through agronomic evaluation of 3 male sterile lines, 3 homozygous restorer lines m 9 combinations (between male sterile and restorer lines) and reference varieties. Release Date : From 1 March 1997 to 31 October 2001 Release Sites : Site 4401: Melbourn, Cambridgeshire; Grid Reference: TL 3290 427 Site 4402: Louth, Lincolnshire; Grid Reference TF 305 893 Site 4403: ADAS High Mowthorpe; Grid Reference: SE 894 690 Site 4404: SAC, Craibstone, Aberdeen; Grid Reference NJ 876 114. Release Areas : Site 4401: Melbourn: total area of approx 39320 sq metres Site 4402: Louth: total area of approx 5103 sq metres Site 4403: High Mowthorpe: total area of approx 7600m sq metres Site 4404: Aberdeen: total area of approx 3910m sq metres Consent date : 18 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R30/1 Receipt Date : 13 February 1997 Applicant : CPB Twyford Ltd Church Street Thriplow, Royston, Herts SG8 7RE Organism : Oilseed rape modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene and with resistance to kanamycin. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate is much more abundant in the GMPts. The gene of interest codes for 12:0 ACP thioesterase. The thioesterase enzyme causes laurate to accumulate (by cleaving lauroyl-ACP) instead of being converted to longer chain fatty acids. Purpose : To continue to evaluate and select a range of rapeseed lines modified with Calgene's gene for high lauric acid oil alongside conventional rapeseed cultivars for agronomic performance and oil quality. Assessment of the material is with a view to future commercial production and for the continuation of a plant breeding programme. The trial series is planned to continue initially over a three year period and to involve spring adapted lines of oilseed rape. Release Dates : From 01 March 1997 to 30 September 1999 Release Sites : Site 1 (spring sowing 1997) Perrins Field Thriplow Royston Herts [National Grid Reference: TL 432475] Further details of the 2 sites scheduled for 1998 and the 2 sites for1999 will be made available at a later date Release Areas : Total area of each of the release sites will be approx.6,00 square metres, with a maximum of 10,000 square metres Consent date : 18 March 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/19 Receipt Date : 10 February 1997 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze), Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape modified to tolerate glufosinate-ammonium herbicide and for male sterility and fertility restorer functions Purpose : In the frame of the official variety registration of PGS' hybrid oilseed rape it is intended to carry out official DUS (Distinctiveness-Uniformity-Stability) trials in the United Kingdom. DUS trials comprise a number of different tests over a minimum two year test period in order to identify and characterise a line. DUS Alternativity testing aims to evaluate the behaviour of spring oilseed rape types under winter conditions. Release Date : From 1 March 1997 to 28 February 1998 Release Site : National Institute of Agricultural Botany HQ, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge Release Areas : 450 square metres in total Consent date : 3 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R29/1 Receipt Date : 28 February 1997 Applicant : John Innes Centre Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UH Organism : Spring wheat containing genes for improvement of baking quality. Genes have been inserted to improve dough elasticity. In addition, the plants carry a gene for glufosinate herbicide resistance and the gusA gene (for glucuronidase) as a marker, and the bacterial bla gene conferring resistance against ampicillin.. Purpose : A 3 year programme to test the agronomic performance of the transgenic wheat plants and to increase seed for biochemical evaluation. Release Dates : From 1 March 1997 to 31 August 1999 Release Site : address as above Release Area : Maximum of 50 square metres Consent date : 28 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R22/9 Receipt Date : 3 March 1997 Applicant : Monsanto Plc Crop Protection PO Box 53, Lane End Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HL Organism : Spring oilseed rape modified with Roundup Ready genes (glyphosate tolerance) Purpose : The proposed experimental programme is based on progeny of spring oilseed rape plants containing the Roundup Ready genes (tolerance to glyphosate). The general purpose of this experimental programme is to assess the performance of Roundup Biactive applications to control the weeds in a spring oilseed rape crop and generate the necessary data for the registration of this Roundup Biactive use. There will also be small scale plots in order for the technology to be demonstrated to selected groups. Release Dates : From 1 March 1997 to 30 September 2001 Release Sites : Throws Farm Manor Farm Worsley Stebbing Wilton Brocklesby Great Dunmow Malborough N. Lincs Essex Wilts SN8 3SP TA 103076 PL 578263 SU 263613 Herbicide Registration trials Firtree Farm Lodge Farm Ibstock Grange Farm Fillongley Kings Newton Pretoria Road Nr. Coventry Derbyshire Ibstock Warwickshire SK 397264 Leicestershire SP 285875 SK 418098 Tib Hall Farm Kingsbury Nr. Tamworth Staffordshire SP 228933 Release Areas : Not exceeding 0.5 Ha Consent date : 7 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R19/15 Receipt Date : 5 March 1997 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Maize modified by the insertion of pat gene (phosphinothricin acetyl transferase) to express tolerance to glufosinate, the active principle of the total herbicide glufosinate-ammonium and the ampR (ampicillin resistance) gene to express resistance to the -lactam antibotics in bacteria only. This latter gene is incomplete or disrupted and is thus inactive and is also not expressible in the plant. Purpose : To enable efficacy and demonstration work to be conducted with the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. Release Dates : From 1 April 1997 to 30 November 1998 Release Sites : Site 1: East Winch Hall East Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1HN National Grid Reference TF 705163 Further sites will be notified when they are confirmed. Release Areas : Maximum of 3000 sq. metres (wider release area maximum 4500 sq. metres per site) Consent date : 7 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R4/7 Receipt Date : 2 April 1997 Applicant : Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Limited 210 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 4WA Organism : Tobacco modified for nematode resistance in order to study the effects of gene expression in the aerial parts of the plant. The trial will contain plants transformed with one of eleven different constructs Purpose : To compare the morphology of the transgenic plants relative to control non-transgenic plants.The transgenic plants utilise promoters that are induced in cells at feeding sites created by nematode infection. The promoters also express to a lesser degree at other sites in the plant, notably roots, meristematic tissues and petioles. It is possible, that this may have an adverse effects on the productivity or growth characteristics of the plants. In the greenhouse during resistance trails, no larger differences in morphology were seen when the transgenic plants were compared to the wild type, despite the low expression of the transgenes in other tissues Release Dates : From 15 May 1997 to 30 September 1997 Release Sites : National Institute of Agricultural Botany Huntington Road Cambridge CB4 4WA Release Areas : The site will comprise 1200 square metres of transgenic tobacco plants and 1600 square metres of non-transgenic tobacco plants Consent date : 30 April 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R5/11 Receipt Date : 2 June 1997 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd, 200 Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Winter oilseed rape genetically modified using, Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of cotyledonary explants, to reduce susceptibility to splitting or shattering of the seed pods at harvest and to alter the fatty acid composition of the oil in the seed Purpose : To test the field performance of the introduced genes and bulk up seed Release Date : From 1 August 1997 to 31 July 1998 Release Site : Brigsley, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [Grid Ref: 2501] Release Area : 1925 square metres Consent date : 18 September 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/20 Receipt Date : 9 June 1997 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV,Jozef Plateaustraat 22, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape modified for male sterility and restored fertility with resistance to Phosphinothricin. Purpose : VCU (Value-Cultivation-Use) trials are set up in order to evaluate the Agronomical value of crop varieties. The trials are carried out on a national basis and take a minimum of two years for addition to the UK National and Descriptive List. DUS (Distinctiveness-Uniformity-Stability) trials comprise a number of different tests over a maximum two year test period in order to identify and characterize a line. Release Date : From 1 August 1997 to 31 August 1998 Release Sites : The trials will be executed at a number of different locations in England, including NIAB headquarters, with possibly one location in Scotland. Applicant will forward full descriptions on the actual location of the trial sites as this information becomes available. Release Areas : Applicant will forward full descriptions on the actual size of the release sites as this information becomes available. Consent date : 1 August 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/21 Receipt Date : 9 June 1997 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV,Jozef Plateaustraat 22,B-9000 Gent,Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape modified for male sterility with tolerance to Phosphinothricin and reduced susceptibility to fungal infection Purpose : The release aims to evaluate the general agronomic performance, in particular the tolerance to fungal infections in several hybrids in comparison to some check varieties. Release Date : From 01 August 1997 to 30 September 2001. Release Sites : The field test will be located on Craibstone Estate, 5 miles west of Aberdeen, by the Aberdeen to Inverness road (A96). Grid Ref NJ 873 112. Release Areas : Surface transgenic plants = 45 m, total surface = 60 m. The total surface of the release will be superior to 60m due to the presence of border plants and a non-transgenic border surrounding the different trials. Consent date : 1 August 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting & publication (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R19/16 Receipt Date : 10 June 1997 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd, East Winch Hall, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk Organism : Oilseed rape modified for tolerance to either one of the non-selective herbicides glufosinate and glyphosate. Purpose : To produce seed with tolerance to both herbicides and to investigate the susceptibility of these plants to other herbicides. Release Dates : From 1 August 1997 to 30 September 1999 Release Sites : Site1: Experimental farm Site 2: Chishill Orchard Farm AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Limited Heydon Road East Winch Hall Great Chishill East Winch Royston King"s Lynn Herts SG8 8SS Norfolk PE32 1HN National Grid Reference: TF 705163 National Grid Reference: TL429393 Release Areas : Total GM rape max. 4800 square metres per site. Wider release area max. 22,000 square metres per site. Consent date : 7 August 1997 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R30/2 Receipt Date : 18 June 1997 Applicant : CPB Twyford Ltd Church Street Thriplow, Royston, Herts SG8 7RE Organism : Oilseed rape modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene and a gene for bay thioesterase. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate is much more abundant in the GMO.The gene of interest codes for 12:0 ACP thioesterase. The thioesterase enzyme causes laurate to accumulate (by cleaving lauroyl-ACP) instead of being converted to longer chain fatty acids. Purpose : To continue to evaluate and select a range of rape seed lines modified with Calgene's gene for high lauric acid oil alongside conventional rape seed cultivars for agronomic performance and oil quality. Assessment of the material is with a view to future commercial production and for the continuation of a plant breeding programme. The trial series is planned to continue initially over a three year period and to involve winter adapted lines of oilseed rape. Release Dates : From 1 August 1997 to 31 August 2000. Release Sites : Site 1 (autumn sowing 1997): Camps field Newton Royston Herts National Grid Reference: TL 444 491 Further sites in 1998 and 1999 will be notified when they are confirmed. Release Areas : Maximum 10,000 square metres. Consent date : 7 August 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R19/17 Receipt Date : 16 July 1997 Applicant : AgrEvo UK Crop Protection Ltd East Winch Hall, East Winch King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1HN Organism : Winter oilseed rape modified by the insertion of the pat gene (phosphinothricin acetyl transferase) to express tolerance to glufosinate, the active principle of the total herbicide glufosinate-ammonium. The pat gene originally a synthetic construct and the regulatory sequences are derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus. Purpose : For demonstration and research and development. Release Dates : From 1 August 1997 to 30 September 1999 Release Sites : Site 1: Experimental farm AgrEvo UK Limited East Winch Hall East Winch King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 1HN National Grid Reference: TF 705163 Further sites will be notified when they are confirmed. Release Areas : Maximum of 1.0 ha. Consent date : 15 August 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/22 Receipt Date 4 August 1997 Applicant Plant Genetic Systems NV Nazarethse Steenweg 77 B-9800 Astene (Deinze) BELGIUM Organism: Oilseed rape modified to express tolerance to phosphinothricin herbicide and male sterility and restorerfunctions. Purpose: To verify the stability of the male sterility/restorer fertility system under specific environmental conditions. Also to evaluate the agronomic performance of transgenic hybrids and evaluate resistance to light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae). Release Dates: From 1 August 1997 to 31 August 1998 Release Sites: Site 4401: Melbourn The field site will be located on arable land at Summerhouse Farm in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Grid Ref:. TL396 424. Site 4402: Aberdeen T'he field test site will be located on Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, 5 miles west of Aberdeen. Grid Ref: NJ 873 112. Site 4403: High Mowthorpe The field test site will be located at ADAS High Mowthorpe, Lincolnshire. Grid ref. 883 697. The nearest village is Kirkby Grindalythe. Site 4404: Cirencester T'he field test site wffi be located on Dryleaze Farm, Siddington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Grid Ref.. SU 033 976. Site 4405: Dartford. The field test site will be located on South Darenth Farms and Coldstores Ltd, St Margareths Farm, South Darenth, Dartford, Kent. Field number 0540. Release Areas: Site 4401: 20 sq m Site 4402: 10 sq m Site 4403: 24 sq m Site 4404: 21 sq m Site 4405: 2O sq m Consent date : 4 September 1997 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference: 97/R14/7 Receipt Date: 4 September 1997 Applicant: The Scottish Agricultural College Craibstone Estate Bucksburn Aberdeen AB21 9YA. Organism: Oilseed rape modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene from Tn5 and express resistance to kanamycin. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed;. the fatty acid laurate is present in the GMO unlike conventional oilseed rape.The gene of interest codes for 12.0 ACP thioesterase. The thioesterase enzyme causes laurate to accumulate (by cleaving lauroyl-ACP) instead of being converted to longer chain fatty acids. Purpose: A comparison of the potential of oilseed rape of differing fatty acid profiles (including high lauric rape (Brassica napus) to produce volunteer populations. Release Dates: From 01 October 1997 To 01 October 2000 Release Site: Woodlands Field, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA Release Areas: Woodlands site 10 (0.001 ha) Consent Date: 9 October 1997 Conditions: Yes: notification/advertisement of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit.) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R28/2 Receipt Date : 21 October 1997 Applicant : John K King & Sons Ltd Coggeshall Colchester Essex CO6 1TH Organism : Oilseed rape (laurate canola) genetically modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene from Tn5, and to be resistant to kanamycin. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate is present in the GMO unlike conventional oilseed rape. Research in the UK suggests that laurate rapeseed is less persistent as a volunteer than conventional high oleic varieties. Observations made in trials over the last 5 seasons in the UK indicate that the GMO is not more weedy, persistent, invasive or prolific than currently grown canola varieties, and the GMO exhibits no selective or competitive advantage. Purpose : To evaluate high lauric rapeseed (Brassica napus) for National List Trial (NLT) purposes. Release Date : From 1 March 1998 to mid November 2003. Release Sites : Field 1: NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE Field 2: SAC, Tillycorthie, Udny, Aberdeenshire AB41 6SD Release Areas: Field 1: 3,500 square metres (0.35 hectares). Field 2: 2,100 square metres (0.21 hectares). Consent date : 19 March 1998 Conditions : Submission of monitoring reports either 1 month after the termination of each trial or by 31 December 2003 whichever is sooner. Submission of monitoring reports either 1 month after the termination of each trial or by 31 December 2004 whichever is sooner. 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R8/3 Receipt Date : 27/10/97 Applicant : IACR Rothamsted Harpended Herfordshire Organism : Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum), resistance to herbicide phoshinothricin + inserted GUS marker gene Purpose : To assess the field performance of the transgenic plants and to produce sufficient amounts of grain Release Date : Growing season, March-August (1998-2001) Release Sites : Site 1 IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol BS18 9AF Site 2 IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ Site 3 Haverholme, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire Release Areas: Field 1 not exceeding 260m2 Field 2 not exceeding 260m2 Field 3 not exceeding 100m2 Consent date : 6/1/98 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R15/23 Receipt Date : 5 December 1997 Applicant : Plant Genetic Systems NV Jozef Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Gent. Belgium Organism : Oilseed rape modified for male sterility and restored fertility, with insertion of genetic material by (Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated) transformation. Purpose : DUS (Distinctiveness-Uniformity-Stability) trials comprise a number of different rsts over a minimum two year test period in order to idenfy and characterize a line. DUS aAlternativity testing aims to evaulate the behaviour of Spring oilseed rape types under Winter conditions. VCU (Value-Culivation-Use) trials and recommended trials are set up in order to evaluate the agronomical value of crop varieties. The trials are carried out on a national basis and take a minimum of 2 years for addition to the UK National and recommended list. Release Dates : From 1 March 1998 to 28 February 1999 Release Sites : The trials will be located at NIAB Headquarters, Huntingdon Road, CB3 0LE, Cambridge. The trials will be conducted on 10 to 15 locations max. Full descriptions on the locations of the release sites will be notified as soon as this information becomes available Release Areas: Trial 1: 300 square metres. Max surface of transgenic material: 600 square metres per location. The trials will be conducted on 10 to 15 locations max. Full descriptions on the size of the release sites will be notified as soon as this information becomes available. Consent date : 19 March 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R28/3 Receipt Date : 17 December 1997 Applicant : John K King & Sons Ltd Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1TH. Organism : Oilseed rape modified to contain the kanamycin resistance gene from Tn5, and is resistant to kanamycin. Laurate canola differs from its parent in the fatty acid composition of the seed; the fatty acid laurate is present in the GMO unlike conventional oilseed rape. The gene of interest codes for 12:0 ACP thioesterase. The thioesterase enzyme causes laurate to accumulate (by cleaving lauroyl-ACP) instead of being converedted to longer chain fatty acides. The parent does not possess this enzyme but produces thiuoesterases (with significant sequence homology to the 12:0 thioesterase) that act on longer fatty acid chains. Use of the napin promoter resitrist the fatty acide modification to the developing seed. Laurate canola consistently has greater levels of Laurate in seed than do canola varieties, which is the main criteria used to assess activity of the 12:0 ACP thioesterase enzyme in the GMO. Purpose : The industrial evaluation of high lauric rapeseed (Brassica napus) grown under commercial conditions in the UK. Release Dates : From 1 March 1998 to 1 November 2000 Release Sites : Field 1: Whitehouse, Newcastle, Monmouthshire NP5 4NF. Other fields (approx 14 sites) - details to be provided later. Release Areas: Field 1 18,140 square metres (18.14 ha). Other fields - details to be provided later (Exact field size will vary according to the particular field but will be in the region of 30 acres.)Total release not more than 200 hectares. Consent date : 17 March 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R21/5 Receipt Date : 5/1/98 Applicant : Novartis Seeds Ltd Brooke Lodge Brooke Norwich, NR15 1JG Organism : Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, confering tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium by the introduction of the PAT gene. Promoter and terminator of cauliflower mosaic virus (35-sRNA gene) also introduced. Purpose : to test tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium of sugar beet, with the long term aim to develop commercial sugar beet varieties to provide farmers with an alternative weed management system in combination with glufosinate-ammonium. Release Date : Spring/Summer 1998 - Autumn/Winter 2002 Release Sites : field 1 Hill Farm, Kirby Bedon, Norwich, Norfolk Release Areas: field 1 not exceeding 0.5ha Consent date : 20 March 1998 Conditions : Submission of monitoring reports by either 1 month after the date of termination of the trials in each year of the programme, or by 31 December 1998 and each year thereafter until 31 December 2002; and either one year after termination of the trial or by 31 December 1999 and each year thereafter until 31 December 2003. 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R22/10 Receipt Date : 7/1/98 Applicant : Monsanto Life Sciences Crop Protection, PO Box 53 Lane End Road, High Wycombe Buckinghamshire, HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with gene CP4 EPSPS to overcome the effects of glyphosate, which is the active ingredient of the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup Bioactive. Purpose : Trials designed to complement a world wide programme to provide an alternative and more environmentally benign method of weed control in beet crops. Release Date : March to May in the Spring, and September to January of the following year, 1998 to 2003 Release Sites : field 1 Brooms Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Suffolk field 2 Agrisearch, Wilson, Derbyshire field 3 Garendon Park Farms, Loughborough, Leics Release Areas: less than 2ha Consent date : 3 April 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see consent schedule) 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R22/13 Receipt Date : 7/1/98 Applicant : Monsanto Life Sciences Crop Protection, PO Box 53 Lane End Road, High Wycombe Buckinghamshire, HP12 4HL Organism : Oilseed rape modified to overcome the effects of glyphosate. Purpose : to evaluate the selectivity and efficacy of applications of Roundup Bioactive, in which glyphosphate is the active ingredient, on Oilseed rape. Release Date : August to October and July to September 1998-2003, and some trials in the Spring (March- May) which will also be terminated between July and September. Release Sites : field 1 Twenty Pence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge field 2 Lodge Farm, Kings Newton, Derbyshire Release Areas: less than 2ha Consent date : 7 April 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R22/11 Receipt Date : 7/1/98 Applicant : Monsanto Life Sciences Crop Protection, PO Box 53 Lane end Road High Wycombe, HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with gene CP4 EPSPS to overcome the effects of glyphosate, which is the active ingredient of the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup Bioactive. Purpose : Trials designed to complement a world wide programme to provide an alternative and more environmentally benign method of weed control in beet crops. Release Date : March to May in the Spring, and September to January of the following year, 1998 to 2003 Release Sites : field 1 Brooms Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Suffolk field 2 Wood Farm, Morley Research Station, Attleborough, Norfolk Release Areas: less than 2ha Consent date : 20 March 1998 Conditions : Submission of monitoring reports either 1 month after the termination of each trial or by 30 September 1998 and 31 May 1999 whichever is sooner; and 1 year after the date of termination in each year of the programme or by 30 September 1999 and 31 May 2000 until 30 September 2004 and 31 May 2005; and by either two years after the date of termination of the trial or by 30 September 2000 and 31 May 20001 until 30 September 2005 and 31 May 2006.
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R22/12 Receipt Date : 7/1/98 Applicant : Monsanto Life Sciences Crop Protection, PO Box 53 Lane end Road High Wycombe, HP12 4HL Organism : Sugar Beet, modified with gene CP4 EPSPS to overcome the effects of glyphosate, which is the active ingredient of the broad spectrum herbicide Roundup Bioactive. Purpose : Trials designed to complement a world wide programme to provide an alternative and more environmentally benign method of weed control in beet crops. Release Date : March to May in the Spring, and September to January of the following year, 1998 to 2003. Additional release during August to October (terminated Feb-April) and March to April (terminated July/August). Release Sites : field 1 Brooms Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Suffolk field 2 Wood Farm, Morley Research Station, Attleborough, Norfolk field 3 NIAB Huntingdon Road, Cambridge field 4 Crown Point Estate, Kirby Bedon, Norwich field 5 Brunsted Hall, Stalham, Norfolk field 6 Church Farm, Hardley, Norwich Release Areas: less than 2ha Consent date : 20 March 1998 Conditions : Submission of monitoring reports either 1 month after the termination of each trial or by 30 September 1998 and 31 May 1999 whichever is sooner; and 1 year after the date of termination in each year of the programme or by 30 September 1999 and 31 May 2000 until 30 September 2004 and 31 May 2005; and by either two years after the date of termination of the trial or by 30 September 2000 and 31 May 20001 until 30 September 2005 and 31 May 2006. 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R13/9 Receipt Date : 19/1/98 Applicant : Sharpes International Seeds Ltd. Plant Breeding Station Boothby Graffoe Lincoln, LN5 0LF Organism : Sugar beet hybrids, modified to produce tolerance to the non-selective herbicide glufosinate ammonium. Modification includes gene coding for neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) and confers resistance to kanamycin. The nptII gene originated from transposon Tn5. Herbicide tolerance is confered by the pat gene which is fused to the Cauliflower Mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter and the 35S polyadenalyation signal from CaMV. Purpose : To evaluate the level of tolerance to glufosinate and agronomic performance of the genetically modified sugar beet in field trials Release Date : Plants sown February to May 1998 and harvested during September to December. Work is part of a 10yr program ending in 2007. Release Sites : field 1 Sharpes International Seeds Ltd, Plant Breeding Station, Boothby Graffoe Lincoln, LN5 0LF Release Areas: Consent date : 3 April 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R24/2 Receipt Date : 5/1/98 Applicant : Pioneer Genetic SARL Technical and Regulatory Affairs Chemin de l'Enseigure, Postbox 6 31840 Aussonne, FRANCE Organism : Spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) variation Westar containing Roundup ready genes. These genes contain (1) an EPSPS gene from Agrobacterium CP4 codes for modified EPSPS enzyme. The EPSPS enzyme is naturally occurring in plants and is the target for glyphosphate herbicide. The CP4 EPSPS enzyme is insensitive to glyphosphate. (2) a gene sequence coding for a chloroplast transit peptide from Arabidopsis thaliana (3) a genesequence derived from Achromobacter coding for the glyphosphate oxido-reductase enzyme active in glyphosphate metabolism in the plant, fused to the chloroplast transit peptide sequence from A.thaliana. Purpose : to test the agronomic performances of modified spring oilseed rape tolerant to glyphosphate with the aim of obtaining National Listing Release Date : March - September 1998 Release Sites : (1) NIAB Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE (2) SAC Tillycorthie Udny, Aberdeenshire AB41 6SD (3) NIAB Headquarters, White House Lane, Cambridge CB3 0LE (4) SAC Bohall Farm, Bigger Road, Penicuik, Mid-Lothian (5) Balby Frams Ltd, Brigsley, Lincolnshire (6) Throws Farm, Stebbing, Greta Dunmow, Essex CM6 3AQ (7) NIAB site 15miles from Inkberrow, Worcestershire Release Areas : 200 sq. metres at each site Consent date : 1 April 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R29/2 Receipt Date : 6/2/98 Applicant : John Innes Centre Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UH Organism : Spring barley, variation Golden Promise, containing genes for improvement of malting quality derived from Aspergillus. Plants also contain a bar gene derived from Streptomyces which confers resistance against the herbicides containing phosphinothricin/glufosinate as an active ingredient. The reporter genes used in the transcript are either the uid gene from E.coli which gives a visible blue product, or the luc gene from firefly which causes a release of light when it cleaves the substrate luciferin. Transcript also contains a bla gene which encodes ampicillin resistance, but as this is controlled by a bacterial promoter it is not expressed in the plants. Purpose : three year programme to test the effect of the introduced genes on malting quality eg the proportion of starch in the barley endosperm that is converted to sugars, and the agronomic performance of the transgenic plants (flowering time, plant height, grain yield and its components). Release Date : March to September for three years (1998-2000) Release Sites : John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich, NR4 7UH Norfolk Release Areas: maximum 20 metres square Consent date : 4th March 1998 Conditions : release report to be submitted on 1) either one month after the date of termination of each trial in the programme of work, or by 31 September 1998 and each year thereafter until 31 September 200 whichever is sooner 2) either one year after termination of each trial or by 31 September 1999 and each year thereafter until 31 September 2001, whichever is sooner 3) either two years after termination of each trial or by 31 September 2000 and each year thereafter until 31 September 2002, whichever is the sooner. 
===================================================================================  Reference : 97/R5/12 Receipt Date : 26/1/98 Applicant : Nickerson BIOCEM Ltd 200 Science Park Cambridge CB4 4GZ Organism : Oilseed rape modified using Agrobacterium yumefaciens mediated transformation of cotyledonary explants. The method used was essentially that of Moloney et al. (Plant Cell Reports 8: 238-242, 1989) which used a disarmed strain of Agrobacterium. The gene of interest is included on a modified Ti plasmid along with the selectable marker gene. A small number of plants have additionally two selectable marker genes conferring resistance to the antibiotics ampicillin and gentamycin. These genes are not expressed in the plant. Purpose : Small scale field trial to test the introduced genes under field conditions and to bulk up seed for future releases. Plants have been modified - 1) pod shatter reduction genes - reduction of pod shatter to reduce the amount of seed lost at harvest. 2) oil modification genes - to alter the composition of fatty acids present in the seed, with the aim of increasing the range of uses for rapeseed oil. Release Date : One year release to be planted after the 1st March 1998 and harvested at maturity (before 31st October 1998) Release Sites : field 1 Sacrewell Lodge farm, Thornhaugh, near Peterborough Release Areas: field 1 maximum of 50 seeds each of 30 lines (400 metres sq. total) Consent date : 17 March 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting and publication (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R30/4 Receipt Date : 12 February 1998 Applicant : CPB Twyford Ltd Church Street Thriplow Royston, Herts, SG8 7RE Organism : Genetically modified oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Plant carries an inserted DNA sequence for the expression of bay thioesterase, allowing plants to produce lauric acid (C12:0) as a major oil component in the seed stroage oils. Modified oil character is co-transformed with a kanamycin resistance gene present only as a selectable marker. Transformatio effected using the disabled Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA101 containing a binary vector. Purpose : entry of the variety for Official testing under MAFF to obtain National List status. Release Date : August/September 1998, 1999,2000 Release Sites : field 1 NIAB HQ Trialground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge field 2 ADAS Boxworth, Boxworth, Cambridgeshire Release Areas: field 1 <160 metres square field 2 <160 metres square Consent date : 17 June 1998. Consent terminated 20 August 1998 on request of CPB Twyford. No material planted. Conditions : monitoring reports and notification of new release sites 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R30/3 Receipt Date : 12 February 1998 Applicant : CPB Twyford Ltd Church Street Triplow Royston Herts SG8 7RE Organism : Genetically modified plants comprising a hybrid variety of oilseed rape and a male sterile line used to produce the hybrid. Each are modified by the insertion of the pat (Phosphinothricin Acetyl Transferase) gene which expresses tolerance to phosphinothricin ( the alternative older chemical name for glufosinate, the active principle of the total herbicide glufosinate ammonium). The pat genewas originally discovered in the bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes isolated from a soil sample from Cameroon but is now produced synthetically. The regulatory DNA used to control expression of the glufosinate tolerance is derived from cauliflower mosaic virus. Purpose : To enter the variety for official testing under MAFF to obtain National List status. Release Date : August 1998 to August 2001 Release Sites : Site 1 NIAB HQ Trialground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Site 2 ADAS Boxworth, Boxworth, Cambridgeshire Release Areas: Site 1 <160 m2 Site 2 <160 m2 Consent date : 15 June 1998 Conditions : Consent issued subject to reporting and two years post trial monitoring, and that no oilseed rape is grown on the site for three years after termination of the trial. 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R31/1 Receipt Date : 10 March 1998 Applicant : University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT Organism : potatoes modified to express proteinase inhibitors from food sources to confer resistance to potato cyst-nematodes. Purpose : five year programme to establish the level of field resistance conferred on potato to potato-cyst nematodes. A secondary objective is to establish the specificity of the novel defence by attempting to detect any effects on non-target insects for plants expressing the defence constitutively and within roots only. Release Date : 1st April 1998 to 31st October 2002 Release Sites : field 1 Headley Hall Farm, Nr Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9NT, OS reference SE4341 Release Areas: field 1 1000 metres squared per year Consent date : 22 May 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R23/5 Receipt Date : 12 February 1998 Applicant : Scottish Crop Research Institute Invergowrie Dundee DD2 5DA Scotland, UK Organism : Potato modified by the insertion in sense or antisense orientation of genes involved in starch or sugar metabolism or inplant growth regulations. Purpose : to produce tubers to determine nutritional values such as glycoalkaloid, chlorogenic acid, vitamin C, protein, starch and sugar content and protein, starch sugar quality and fry colours. Secondary purpose is to produce field grown (seed) tubers for subsequent trialling of clones in coming years. Release Date : late April/early May to September/October in 1998, 1999, and 2000 Release Sites : field 1 Blythbank farm, nr W.Linton, Peebleshire field 2 Gourdie Farm, nr Invergowrie, Dundee Release Areas: : field 1 field 2 Consent date : 7 April 1998 Conditions : Yes: notification/advertisment of details of locations of all release sites and reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference : 98/R1/8 Receipt Date : 19 March 1998 Applicant : Zeneca Limited Jealotts Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6ET. Organism : Oilseed rape, breeding line Westar, modified by introduction of a gene from either Dahlia merckii or Alium cepa to confer anti-microbial properties and addition of the bacterial npt II gene (from E.coli) to confer resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin. Purpose : To assess the potential impact of transgenic plants expressing anti-microbial proteins on soil microorganisms. Release Date : From 01 June 1998 To 30 September 1998 Release Sites : field 1 The trial site is at Jealotts Hill Research Station, near Bracknell, Berkshire. Release Areas : field 1 The trials will comprise 4 lines, modified for the expression of anti-microbial proteins along with their corresponding null lines and appropriate control plants. No more than 300 modified plants will be grown. The total area will be approximately 5m x 5m. The tyrial will be surrounded by a border of approximately 25m x 75m of unmodified oilseed rape plants. Consent date : 26 June 1998 Conditions : provision of monitoring reports 
===================================================================================  Reference 98/R1/7 Receipt Date 17 March 1998 Applicant Zeneca Limited Jealotts Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6ET. Organism Potato modified by the introduction of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide linked malic enzyme (NAD-Malic enzyme) antisense gene from potato to improve the starch quality of potatoes. Addition of the bacterial nptII gene (from E.coli) to confer resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin. Purpose to compare the agronomic performance of potatoes modified to express an increase in starch yield with the non-expressing plant populations and unmodified controls grown under standard agronomic conditions. Release Date May 1998 to June 1999. This includes storage of the potatoes after harvest in October 1998 Release Sites field 1 Jealott's Hill Research Station, near Bracknell, Berkshire Release Areas: field 1 45m x 17.5m surrounded by a border of at least 7.5m Consent date : 7 May 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting and publication (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
=================================================================================== Reference 98/R15/24 Receipt Date 16 February 1998 Applicant Plant Genetic Systems NV Jozef Plateaustraat 22 B-9000 Ghent Belgium Organism Oilseed rape modified to improve higher yields, and with expressed tolerance to phosphinothricin (PPT), resistance to kanamycin, and male sterility or restored fertility. Purpose To evaluate the vernalisation of the modified crop (Distinctiveness-Uniformity-Stability trials), and to evaluate its agronomic value (Value-Cultivation-Use trials). Release Date August 1998 to August 1999, and March 1999 to December 1999 for the DUS vernalisation trial. Release Sites field 1 no more than 400 square metres Release Areas: field 1 NIAB Headquarters, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 OLE Consent date : 10 July 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting and publication (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference 98/R20/2 Receipt Date 13 May 1998 Applicant National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0LE Organism Oilseed rape modified to express tolerance to glufosinate ammonium or glyphosate herbicides. Three lines of GM oilseed rape are included, and are modified for herbicide tolerance as follows - line 1 - insertion of the BAR gene derived from Streptomyces hygroscopicus conferring glufosinate ammonium tolerance line 2 - insertion of a glufosinate tolerant gene from Streptomyces viridochromogenes line 3 - glyphosate tolerance achieved using three genes; EPSPS gene from Agrobacterium sp. Strain CP4; chloroplast transit peptide (CTP) from Arabidopsis thaliana; gene encoding for glyphosate oxidoreductase (GOX) from Achromobacter sp. Purpose To evaluate the impact of the commercial exploitation of herbicide tolerant oilseed rape on agriculture and the environment. The initial releases of herbicide tolerant oilseed rape will establish rotations at the various sites which will enable studies on the agronomic effects and interactions associated with growing various herbicide tolerant crops in close proximity. Release Date August 1998 to Jul/August 2002 Release Sites Morley Research Centre, Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9DB Scottish Agricultural College, Tillycorthie Farm, Udny, Aberdeenshire National Institute of Agricultural Botany Farm, Headquarters Trial Ground, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ IACR-Brooms Barn, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP Release Areas: 6.6ha (Morley) 6ha (Scottish Agricultural College) 10ha (NIAB) 6ha (IACR-Rothamsted) 6.7ha (IACR-Brooms Barn) Consent date : 20 August 1998 Conditions : Yes: reporting (see schedule to Consent document, available from Biotechnology Unit). 
===================================================================================  Reference 98/R27/2 Receipt Date 25 February 1998 Applicant Perryfields Holdings Limited Thorn Farm Inkberrow Worcestershire WR7 4LJ Organism Oilseed rape modified by the insertion of the pat gene to express tolerance to glufosinate. The pat gene was originally isolated from the soil bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes, but is now produced synthetically. The pat gene is under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus promoter. Purpose To enable a two year National List trial programme to be conducted for variety registration purposes. Release Date Sowing in August/September 1998 and August/September 1999 and harvesting in July/September 1999 and 2000 respectively. Release Sites field 1 Manor Farm, Caxton, Cambridgeshire field 2 further site information will be provided as they become available. Release Areas: field 1 200 sq metres in 1998/9 and 300 sq metres in 1999/2000 field 2 Consent date : not yet issued Conditions : 
===================================================================================  Reference 98/R27/3 Receipt Date 4 August 1998 Applicant Perryfields Holdings Ltd Thorn Farm Inkberrow Worcestershire, WR7 4LJ Organism Oilseed rape modified by the insertion of the pat gene to express tolerance to glufosinate ammonium herbicide. The pat gene is regulated by DNA sequences derived from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus. The gene operates by initiating the enzyme phosphinothricin acetyl-transferase which inactivates glufosinate ammonium. Purpose to enable the GM crop be demonstrated to customers and advisors and to be used for research and development purposes. Release Date sowing in August/September 1998 and 1999 and harvesting in July/September 1999 and 2000 respectively. Release Sites field 1 East Lodge Farm, Stanton, Broadway, Worcestershire, SP 058 346 field 2 East Winch Hall, East Winch, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, TF 705 163 field 3 Chishill Orchard Farm, Heydon Road, Great Chishill, Royston, Hertfordshire, TL 429393 Release Areas: each release site will be no more than 5000sq metres Consent date : not yet issued Conditions : 
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