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GMOMETHODS

GMOMETHODS provides information on EU reference methods for GMO Analysis that have been validated according to the principles and requirements of international standards. Data is retrieved from peer-reviewed journals and final reports of collaborative studies.

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Number of methods found: 224

Legend: Event specific method icon Event specific Element specific method icon Element specific Construct specific method icon Construct specific
Species specific method icon Species specific Plant specific method icon Plant specific

ID Sort by ID Event name Sort by event Species Sort by species Genetic target Sort by genetic target Description Sort by description
QL-CON-00-009 Construct specific method icon Bt63 (TT51-1) Rice Cry1Ab/Ac / T-nos Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between Cry1Ab/Ac and DNA spacer sequences (EURL GMFF, 2008)
QL-CON-00-010 Construct specific method icon FP967 (CDC-FL001-2) Flax DHFR / T-nos Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the nopaline synthase (nos) terminator and the dihydrofolate reductase gene (DHFR), and for detection of flax event FP967 (EURL GMFF, 2009)
QL-CON-00-011 Construct specific method icon GS40/90pHoe6/Ac (ACS-BN010-4) Oilseed Rape CaMV P-35S / pat Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the CaMV 35S promoter and the pat gene (BVL, 2012)
QL-CON-00-012 Construct specific method icon multiple events Papaya CaMV P-35S / CMV/PRSV CP Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the CaMV 35S promoter and the CMV/PRSV sequence (ISO 21569: 2005/Amd.1:2013)
QL-CON-00-013 Construct specific method icon KeFeng6 Rice Cry1Ab/Ac / P-ubi Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the maize ubiquitin promoter and the modified Cry1Ab/Ac gene (Grohmann et al.,2015)
QL-CON-00-014 Construct specific method icon multiple events multiple species nptII / P-nos Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the nopaline synthase (nos) promoter and the neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (nptII) (BVL, 2013)
QL-CON-00-015 Construct specific method icon multiple events Rice CaMV P-35S / bar Qualitative PCR method for detection of the junction between the CaMV 35S promoter and the bar gene (EURL GMFF, 2006)
QL-ELE-00-001 Element specific method icon Tomato Nema 282F Tomato CaMV P-35S Qualitative PCR method for detection of CaMV 35S promoter (BVL, 1998)

Related publications:

  • Bonfini, L., et al. "GMOMETHODS: The European Union Database of Reference Methods for GMO Analysis." Journal of AOAC International, vol. 95, no. 6, 1 Nov. 2012, pp. 1713-1719.
  • Bonfini, L., "In Silico Proposal of Screening Strategies for Detecting EU Authorised GMOs." European Commission, Ispra, JRC131782, 2023.