Product |
Institution(s) |
Engineered Trait(s) |
Sources of New Genes |
Name Date Allowed on Market |
Alfalfa |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Roundup Ready 2005 |
Canola |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
LibertyLink 2000 |
Canola |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus |
Roundup Ready 1999 |
Canola |
Monsanto |
Altered oil (high lauric acid) for soap and food products |
Calif bay, turnip rape, bacteria, virus |
Laurical 1995 |
Canola |
Bayer |
Male sterile to facilitate hybridization; resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria |
SeedLink 2000 |
Chicory (radicchio) |
Bejo Zaden |
Male sterile to facilitate hybridization |
Bacteria |
SeedLink 1997 |
Corn |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/male sterile to facilitate hybridization |
Bacteria, virus |
SeedLink Date unknown |
Corn |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
LibertyLink Date unknown |
Corn |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Bacteria, virus |
StarLink 1998 (approved only for animal feed) |
Corn |
Dow/Mycogen |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Corn, bacteria, virus |
NatureGard 1995 |
Corn |
Dow/Mycogen |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm)/Resist glufosinate herbicide |
Bacteria, virus |
Herculex Rootworm 2005 |
Corn |
Dow/Mycogen DuPont/Pioneer
|
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (Lepidopteran) |
Corn, bacteria, virus |
Herculex I 2001 |
Corn |
DuPont/Pioneer |
Male sterile to facilitate hybridization |
Potato, corn, bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1998 |
Corn |
Monsanto/ DeKalb |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Bacteria |
Bt-Xtra 1997 |
Corn |
Monsanto/ DeKalb |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Name, date unknown |
Corn |
Monsanto |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Bacteria |
YieldGard 1996 |
Corn |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1998 |
Corn |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm) |
Bacteria |
Name unknown 2006 |
Corn |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus |
Roundup Ready 1998 |
Corn |
Renessen (Monsanto and Cargill) |
Higher levels of lysine to enhance animal feed |
Bacteria |
Mavera High Value Corn with Lysine 2006 |
Corn |
Syngenta |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Bacteria |
Bt11 1996 |
Corn |
Syngenta |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Corn, bacteria, virus |
Knock Out 1995 |
Corn |
Syngenta |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm) |
Bacteria |
Name unknown 2007 |
Corn (pop) |
Syngenta |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Corn, bacteria, virus |
Knock Out 1998 |
Corn (sweet) |
Syngenta |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer) |
Bacteria |
Bt11 1998 |
Cotton |
Bayer/Aventis |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Virus |
Name unknown 2003 |
Cotton |
Monsanto/ Bayer |
Resist bromoxynil herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (cotton bollworms and tobacco budworm) |
Bacteria |
Name unknown 1998 |
Cotton |
Monsanto/ Bayer |
Resist bromoxynil herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
BXN Cotton 1995 |
Cotton |
Monsanto |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (cotton bollworms and tobacco budworm) |
Bacteria |
Bollgard 1995 |
Cotton |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus |
Roundup Ready 1996 |
Cotton |
Mycogen/Dow |
Bt toxin to control insect pests/Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Bollgard II 2002 |
Cotton |
Mycogen/Dow |
Bt toxin to control insect pests/Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
HerculexT I 2001 |
Flax |
Univ Saskatchewan |
Resist sulfonylurea herbicide to grow in soils with herbicide residues |
Arabidopsis, bacteria |
CDC Triffid 1999 |
Papaya |
Cornell Univ/ Univ Hawaii |
Resist papaya ringspot virus |
Bacteria, virus |
Sunup, Rainbow 1997 |
Potato |
Monsanto |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle) |
Bacteria |
NewLeaf 1995 |
Potato |
Monsanto |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle)/resist potato virus Y |
Bacteria, virus |
NewLeaf Y 1999 |
Potato |
Monsanto |
Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle)/resist potato leafroll virus |
Bacteria, virus |
NewLeaf Plus 1998 |
Rice |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
LibertyLink 2004 |
Soybean |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1998 |
Soybean |
DuPont |
Altered oil (high oleic acid) to increase stability, reduce polyunsaturated fatty acids |
Soybean, bean, bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1997 |
Soybean |
Monsanto |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Petunia, soybean, bacteria, virus |
Roundup Ready 1995 |
Squash |
Seminis Vegetable Seed |
Resist watermelon mosaic 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic viruses |
Bacteria, virus |
Freedom II 1995 |
Squash |
Seminis Vegetable Seed |
Resist watermelon mosaic 2, zucchini yellow mosaic, cucumber mosaic viruses |
Bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1997 |
Sugarbeet |
Bayer |
Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 2000 |
Sugarbeet |
Monsanto/ Syngenta |
Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds |
Bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1999 |
Tomato (cherry) |
Agritope |
Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value |
Bacteria |
Name unknown 1996 |
Tomato |
DNA Plant Technology |
Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value |
Tomato, bacteria, virus |
Endless Summer 1995 |
Tomato |
Monsanto/ Calgene |
Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value |
Tomato, bacteria, virus |
FlavrSavr 1994 |
Tomato |
Monsanto |
Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value |
Bacteria |
Name unknown 1995 |
Tomato |
Zeneca/ PetoSeed |
Thicker skin and altered pectin to enhance processing value |
Tomato, bacteria, virus |
Name unknown 1995 |