Confined Field Trials for Spring 2010

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Summary of Submissions and Field Trials of Plants with Novel Traits (PNTs) Proceeding under the Seeds Act, 2010.

Table 1: Summary of approved submissions and number of approved field trials that have been planted in 2010. Please note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.

Year	Number of Submissions	Number of Field Trials
2010	159	797

Table 2: Number of field trials per province categorized by crop species. Only trials that have been both authorized and planted are shown (including those terminated early) and do not include those that were authorized and terminated before planting.

Crop	Nfld	PEI	NS	NB	QC	ON	MB	SK	AB	BC
Alfalfa	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Brown Mustard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Camelina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canola	0	0	0	0	0	18	137	359	135	0
Castor Bean	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Corn	0	0	0	0	2	10	6	0	0	0
Cuphea	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopian Mustard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Poplar	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Safflower	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Soybean	0	0	0	0	36	79	0	0	0	0
Tobacco	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	0	2	0	0	39	113	143	360	140	0

Table 3: Summary of 2010 field trials' breeding objectives. Data includes only trials that were both authorized and planted (trials terminated early are also included).

Crop	Latin Name	Total Trials	Breeding Objectives Genetic Research	Breeding Objectives Selectable Marker	Breeding Objectives Male Sterility	Breeding Objectives Herbicide Tolerance	Breeding Objectives Insect Resistance	Breeding Objectives Yield Increase	Breeding Objectives Modified Oil Composition	Breeding Objectives Nutritional Change	Breeding Objectives Stress Tolerance	Breeding Objectives New Crop To Canada	Breeding Objectives Commercial Enzyme	Breeding Objectives Nitrogen Use Efficiency	Breeding Objectives Water Use Efficiency	Breeding Objectives Altered Maturity	Breeding Objectives Pharmaceutical
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown Mustard	Brassica juncea	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camelina	Camelina sativa	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canola	Brassica napus	649	0	33	4	603	3	313	5	1	143	0	0	82	50	0	0
Castor Bean	Ricinus communis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Corn	Zea Mays	18	0	1	5	13	4	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cuphea	Cuphea viscosissima x C. lanceolata f. silenoides	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopian Mustard	Brassica carinata	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poplar	Populus spp	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Safflower	Carthamus tinctorius	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Soybean	Glycine max	115	0	57	0	91	0	90	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tobacco	Nicotiana tabacum	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0