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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-ELE-00-010 Element specific method icon RT73 (GT73) (MON-00073-7) Oilseed Rape P-FMV Qualitative PCR method for detection of Figwort Mosaic Virus 35S (FMV) promoter (Pan et al., 2007)
QL-ELE-00-011 Element specific method icon NK603 (MON-00603-6) Maize T-nos Qualitative PCR method for detection of nopaline synthase (nos) terminator (Reiting et al., 2007)
QL-ELE-00-012 Element specific method icon multiple events Maize CaMV P-35S Qualitative duplex PCR method for detection of CaMV 35S promoter; nopaline synthase (nos) terminator (target CaMV P-35S) (Waiblinger et al., 2008)
QL-ELE-00-013 Element specific method icon multiple events Maize T-nos Qualitative duplex PCR method for detection of CaMV 35S promoter; nopaline synthase (nos) terminator (target T-nos) (Waiblinger et al., 2008)
QL-ELE-00-014 Element specific method icon multiple events multiple species bar Qualitative PCR method for detection of phosphinothricin N-acetyl transferase gene (bar) (Grohmann et al., 2009)
QL-ELE-00-015 Element specific method icon multiple events multiple species P-FMV Qualitative PCR method for detection of Figwort Mosaic Virus 35S (FMV) promoter (BVL, 2014)
QL-ELE-00-016 Element specific method icon multiple events multiple species Cry1Ab/Ac Qualitative PCR method for detection of Cry1Ab/Ac gene (BVL, 2013)
QL-ELE-00-017 Element specific method icon multiple events multiple species CaMV P-35S Qualitative PCR method for detection of CaMV 35S promoter (Barbau-Piednoir et al., 2014)

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.