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Table 12: Acreage of genetically engineered crops in the United States and in Canada
|
Company |
Altered trait (classification) |
Acreage 1996
GMO |
(1995)
Total |
% GMO |
ID |
|
Ciba Seeds |
IR |
450,000*
(nda) |
|
|
14 |
|
others |
|
nda |
|
|
|
|
Total (North America) |
|
~ 1,300,000**
(nda) |
79,000,000** |
2 % |
|
|
Calgene/Rhône-Poulenc |
HT (br) |
< 50,000 §
(40,000 - 50,000)*§ |
|
|
7 |
|
others |
|
nda* |
|
|
|
|
Total (North America) |
|
~ 2,000,000**
(nda) |
14,080,000** |
14 % |
|
|
AgrEvo |
HT (pt) |
~ 375,000*
(40,000)* |
|
|
66, 69 |
|
Monsanto |
HT (glyph.) |
50,000° |
|
|
|
|
others |
|
nda* |
|
|
|
|
Total (North America) |
|
~ 500,000**
(nda) |
9,400,000** |
5 % |
|
|
Monsanto |
IR |
nda |
|
|
11, 24 |
|
Total (North America) |
|
10,000**
(nda) |
1,235,000** |
1 % |
|
|
AgrEvo / Hoechst |
HT (pt) |
nda |
|
|
|
|
Monsanto |
HT (glyph.) |
1,000,000**
(nda) |
|
|
8 |
|
Total (North America) |
|
1,000,000**
(nda) |
63,000,000** |
2 % |
|
|
Calgene |
PQ |
nda*
(170,000)* |
|
|
1 |
|
DNA Plant Technology |
PQ |
0*
(nda)* |
|
|
10 |
|
Zeneca (& Petoseed) |
PQ |
# |
|
|
12 |
|
others |
|
nda |
|
|
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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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