The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Appendix 3: Examples of GM crops with relevance to developing countries (continue 2)
| Crop | Country | Improved trait | Comments | Stage |
| Maize | Philippines (18) | Pest resistance (Bt) | Fields trials to evaluate the resistance of Bt maize to the Asiatic corn borer began in 2000 Multi-site trials began in 2001 | F |
| Honduras (19) | Pest resistance (Bt) | Commercialisation expected in 2003 | F | |
| Argentina (20) | Pest resistance (Bt) | Four varieties are grown commercially (21) | C | |
| South Africa (22) | Pest resistance (Bt) | Varieties produced by the companies Monsanto and Pioneer | C | |
| Bulgaria (23) | Herbicide tolerance | Less than 100,000 hectares were grown in 2002 | C | |
| Melon (24) | Egypt | Viral resistance | Resistant to the zucchini yellow mosaic virus | G |
| Papaya (25) | Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Brazil, China and Mexico | Viral resistance | Resistance to the papaya ringspot virus Project undertaken by the Papaya Biotechnology Network of Southeast Asia with support from the company Monsanto and the ISAAA Project aims to benefit small-scale farmers in southeast Asia | L, F |
18 ISAAA Introduction and Field Testing of Insect Resistant Corn in the Philippines, Current Asian project portfolio. Available: www.isaaa.org. Accessed on: 9 Jan 2003.
19 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
20 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
21 Agbios Essential Biosafety. Available: http://www.essentialbiosafety.info/dbase.php. Accessed on: 20 May 2003.
22 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
23 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
24 Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (2002) Biotechnology Research and Policy Activities of ABSP in Egypt: 1991- 2002. Available: http://www.iia.msu.edu/absp/egypt-absp.pdf. Accessed on: 29 May 2003.
25 Chiang C-H et al. (2001) Comparative reactions of recombinant papaya ringspot viruses with chimeric coat protein (CP) genes and wild-type viruses on CP-transgenic papaya, J Gen Virol 82: 282736; Monsanto (2001) Monsanto Welcomes UN Report on Biotechs Benefits for Developing World, News Release July 9 2001. Available:
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/media/01/07-09-01.asp. Accessed on: 16 Jan 2003; Flasinski S et al. (2001) Value of Engineered Virus Resistance in Crop Plants and Technology Cooperation with Developing Countries, The International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (non-technical abstract). Available: http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr01/nontechabsrtact2001/Falsinski.htm. Accessed on: 15 Jan 2003.