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Deliberate releases for field trials

Summary: EU Member States

 

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

Number of field trials in the EU: 2,404

 

GM Plants

GM plants of a total of about 66 species have undergone field trials in the EU. The following list shows the crops that have undergone the greatest number of field trials:

 

maize

772

  
 

rapeseed

379

  
 

beet

304

  
 

potato

277

  
 

tomato

75

  
 

cotton

62

  
 

chicory

48

  
 

tobacco

59

  
 

rice

35

  
 

wheat

34

  

 

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It is possible that the statistics include rejected applications or applications that were later withdrawn.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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