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Deliberate releases for field trials

Summary: EU Member States

 

Deliberate releases of GMOs into the environment for field trails (1992 - May 2008)

Number of field trials in the EU: 2,253

 

GM Plants

GM plants of a total of 78 species have undergone field trials in the EU. The following list shows the crops that have undergone the greatest number of field trials:

  maize 757  
  rapeseed 379  
  beet 308  
  potato 273  
  tomato 75  
  tobacco 59  
  cotton 54  
  chicory 48  
  rice 35  
  wheat 32  

 

Novel traits conferred by genetic engineering

herb tol Herbicide tolerance
ins res Insect resistance
fung res Resistance to fungal diseases
vir res Resistance to virus diseases
sterility Male sterility (for breeding hybrid cultivars)
composition Altered composition, new substances

Source: Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), December 2006
 

 

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Field Trials: Statistics
Notes:
The EU statistics are based on the number of applications submitted.
It is possible that the statistics include rejected applications or applications that were later withdrawn.
One application can include field trials at more than one site and/or that run over the course of several years. The number of sites at which GM plants are grown is generally considerably higher than the number of applications.
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