Here is a list of the genetic engineering crops in the United States, which
have recently applied for or been granted permits. Hundreds more field
tests on genetically engineered crops will be conducted under notification,
rather than applying for permits.
WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE?
Spring is here and it s time to plant. In addition to the hundreds of field
tests that will be conducted under notification, permits have been issued
or are pending for dozens of transgenic crops listed below.
Abbreviations:
BNYVV, beet necrotic yellow vein virus; CMV, cucumber mosaic virus; LMV,
lettuce mosaic virus; PLRV, potato leaf roll virus; PRSV, papaya ringspot
virus; PVY, potato virus Y; SqMV, squash mosaic virus; SrMV, sugarcane
mosaic virus; TEV, tobacco etch virus; TMV, tobacco mosaic virus; ToMoV,
tomato mottle virus; TSWV, tomato spotted wilt virus; WMV2, watermelon
mosaic virus 2; ZYMV, zucchini yellow mosaic virus.
Crops:
apple resistant to lepidopteran pests (Dry Creek, renewal pending); having
altered product quality (UC-Berkeley)
barley engineered to produce a thermostable protein (Washington State University);
expressing a marker gene (Coors, Brewing)
beet with a coat protein gene conferring resistance to BNYV (Betaseed);
tolerant to phosphinothricin (AgrEvo; Betaseed); glyphosate tolerant (Hilleshog;
Monsanto)
belladonna carrying the hyoscamine 6 -hydroxylase gene for insect resistance
(U of Chicago)
creeping bentgrass modified with genes for Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotinia
resistance or phosphinothricin herbicide tolerance (Rutgers U)
chestnut trees resistant to chestnut blight (Connecticut Ag Experiment
Station)
cucumber with either coat proteins or unnamed genes for resistance to CMV,
PRSV, WMV2, and ZYMV (Seminis Vegetable Seeds)
eggplant engineered with a Bt CryIIIA gene for Colorado potato beetle resistance
(Rutgers U)
grape resistant to Lepidopteran pests and two species of nematodes (UC-Kearney);
sulfonylurea herbicide tolerant (DNA Plant Technology)
lettuce with coat protein for resistance to LMV (Seminis Vegetable Seed)
melon carrying coat protein genes for resistance to CMV, PRSV, SqMV, WMV2,
and ZYMV (Seminis Vegetable Seeds); resistant to CMV, WMV2, and ZYMV (Harris
Moran)
peanut resistant to lesser cornstalk borer, thanks to a CryIA(c) gene (U
of Georgia)
petunia with a product quality gene deemed confidential business information
(Monsanto, pending)
pepper resistant to CMV and TEV (Seminis Vegetable Seeds); fruit
ripening altered (DNA Plant Technology)
potato engineered for Coleopteran insect and PLRV resistance, with or without
PVY resistance (Monsanto); PLRV and PVY resistant (U of Idaho)
rapeseed resistant to post-harvest fungal disease or with increased lysine
level or with altered oil quality (Cargill); lepidopteran resistant (U
of Chicago); herbicide tolerant (AgrEvo)
rice made tolerant to imidazolinone (American Cyanamid) or phosphinothricin
(AgrEvo; Louisiana State U); producing pharmaceutical proteins (Applied
Phytologics)
squash resistant to CMV, PRSV, SqMV, WMV2, and sometimes ZYMV
(Seminis Vegetable Seeds)
strawberry with delayed ripening and resistance to Botrytis, Sclerotinia,
and Verticillium mediated by chitinase, glucanase, and polygalacturonase
inhibitor protein (DNA Plant Technology); resistant to Botrytis, Colletotrichum,
Phytophthora, and Pythium and 2,4-D tolerant (Plant Science Research);
with unnamed genes for altered ripening and fungus resistance (Calgene)
sugarcane coat protein modified to resist SrMV (Texas A&M)
sunflowers resistant to CMV and TMV (Pioneer)
tobacco producing pharmaceutical proteins or with unspecified traits
conferred by genes deemed confidential business information
(Biosource)
tobacco mosaic virus engineered to produce pharmaceutical proteins
(Biosource)
tomato modified for delayed ripening and increased solids (Zeneca);
resistant to geminivirus (Seminis Vegetable Seeds); resistant to TSWV
(Rogers); resistant to ToMoV (U of Florida)
watermelon engineered for resistance to CMV, PRSV, WMV2, and ZYMV
(Seminis Vegetable Seeds)
wheat engineered with an unnamed gene for Fusarium resistance or
herbicide tolerance (Monsanto)
Pat Traynor
Information Systems for Biotechnology
traynor@nbiap.biochem.vt.edu
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