Table 1

Summary of GE crops deregulated by USDA

Some have not been planted at commercial scale for food or feed production and some discontinued (as of June 2007)

CropVarietiesTraits
Rice2All HT
Tomato1110 PQ (fruit ripening) & 1 IR
Squash2VR
Rapeseed74 HT, 2HT/AP (male sterile) & 1 PQ (oil profile altered)
Tobacco1PQ (reduced nicotine levels)
Chicory1AP (male sterile)
Flax1AP (sulfonyl urea tolerant)
Cotton115 HT, 5 IR, 1HT/IR
Beet3All HT
Papaya1VR
Potato52 IR & 3 IR/VR
Corn218 IR, 4 HT, 5 HT/IR, 2 HT/AP (male sterile) & 1 PQ (lysine levels increased)
Soybeans54 HT & 1 PQ (oil profile altered)
  • HR: Herbicide Tolerance
  • IR: Insect Tolerance
  • PQ: Product Quality
  • VR: Viral Resistance
  • AP: Adventituous Presence

 

*See Table 2 for information regarding individual crops, year of approval and the companies.