§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for what reason the trials of the forage maize, Chardon LL, genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium, did not involve the use of that herbicide. [136489]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 6 November 2000]Glufosinate ammonium was used to establish distinctness of Chardon LL by the French Authorities who conducted the DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) tests on behalf of the UK. However, I refer my hon. Friend to the answers given on 1 November 2000,Official Report, column 472W and 9 November 2000, Official Report, colunm 389W relating to those tests. Herbicide tolerance was not claimed by the National List applicant to be a special characteristic of Chardon LL for the purpose of trials for value for cultivation and use (VCU).