---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 174.25"
title: "40"
number: "174.25"
heading: "Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/174.25"
---

# §174.25. Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding.


The active ingredient is exempt if all of the following conditions are met:

- (a) The genetic material that encodes the pesticidal substance or leads to the production of the pesticidal substance is from a plant that is sexually compatible with the recipient plant.
- (b) The genetic material has never been derived from a source that is not sexually compatible with the recipient plant.
- (c) The genetic material is transferred from the source plant to the recipient plant only through conventional breeding.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 34777, May 31, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 34777, May 31, 2023]