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excluded.the.GM.plum.line.C5.HoneySweet.from.the.regulations.at.7.CFR.part.340.
(http://www.isb.vt.edu/cfdocs/ieldtests1.cfm).. It. has. also. been. cleared. by. the.
U.S..Food.and.Drug.Administration.(FDA)..Approval.by.the.U.S..Environmental.
Protection. Agency. was. granted. in. 2010,. and. subsequent. commercialization. of.
HoneySweet.in.the.United.States.is.expected.within.the.next.few.years..However,.
GM.plums.are.still.quite.a.long.way.from.commercial.use.in.Europe,.although.the.
results.obtained.on.HoneySweet.are.quite.promising.
r aSpberry
Only. one. summary. notiication. (B/IT/99/23). can. be. found. for. the. release.
of. GM. raspberry. plants. in. Europe.. The. ield. trial. has. been. performed. at. the.
Experimental. Farm. of. the. Marche. Polytechnic. University. in. Agugliano,. Italy.
(Figure.5.4)..Forty.transgenic.plants.expressing.the.chimeric. DefH9-iaaM .gene.
construct.and.40.control.plants.were.planted.in.four.plots.and.evaluated.for.dif-
ferent. fruit. traits. 34 . The. transgenic. plants. showed. a. signiicant. increase. in. fruit.
number,.fruit.size,.and.total.yield..Furthermore,.they.had.more.lowers.per.inlo-
rescence. and. an. increased. number. of. inlorescences. per. plant.. It. is. interesting.
to.note.that.the. DefH9-iaaM .gene.construct.has.led.to.parthenocarpic.fruits.on.
emasculated.lowers. 34
FIGURE 5.4 ( See color insert. ). DefH9-iaaM .transgenic.raspberry.plants.grown.in.a.ield.
trial. at. the. Experimental. Farm. of. the. Marche. Polytechnic. University. in. Agugliano. (Italy)..
The.GM.raspberry.plants.were.planted.in.2001.and.tested.on.different.fruit.parameters.in.the.
ield.for.two.consecutive.years.(2002.and.2003)..(The.igure.was.kindly.provided.by.Bruno.
Mezzetti.from.the.Marche.Polytechnic.University.Ancona,.Italy.)