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Explanation of the table: Commercially available products

Table 12: Acreage of genetically engineered crops in the United States and in Canada

Product
Name
Company Altered trait (classification) Acreage 1996
GMO
(1995)
Total
% GMO ID
Corn
Maximizer®
Ciba Seeds IR 450,000*
(nda)
14
Corn
others nda
Corn
Total (North America) ~ 1,300,000**
(nda)
79,000,000** 2 %
Cotton
BXN cotton®
Calgene/Rhône-Poulenc HT (br) < 50,000 §
(40,000 - 50,000)*§
7
Cotton
others nda*
Cotton
Total (North America) ~ 2,000,000**
(nda)
14,080,000** 14 %
Oilseed rape / canola
AgrEvo HT (pt) ~ 375,000*
(40,000)*
66, 69
Oilseed rape / canola
Monsanto HT (glyph.) 50,000°
Oilseed rape / canola
others nda*
Oilseed rape / canola
Total (North America) ~ 500,000**
(nda)
9,400,000** 5 %
Potato ®
Monsanto IR nda 11, 24
Potato
Total (North America) 10,000**
(nda)
1,235,000** 1 %
Soybean
AgrEvo / Hoechst HT (pt) nda
Soybean
Roundup Ready®
Monsanto HT (glyph.) 1,000,000**
(nda)
8
Soybean
Total (North America) 1,000,000**
(nda)
63,000,000** 2 %
Tomato
Flavr SavrTM
Calgene PQ nda*
(170,000)*
1
Tomato
Endless Summer®
DNA Plant Technology PQ 0*
(nda)*
10
Tomato
Zeneca (& Petoseed) PQ # 12
Tomato
others nda

1 acre = 4046.8 m2 (2.47 acres = 1 hectare).
* information from the respective company.
**according to AgrEvo (Germany) approximately 400,000 ha (( 1 mio acres) of transgenic soybeans were planted in 1996.
§) acreage limited by EPA to below 50,000 acres a year.
°) according to Braunschweiger and Conzelmann (1997).
# see text.


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