Table 1.
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Events of genetically engineered food crops with enhanced disease resistance to microbial pathogens that have been approved for commercial production

Data collected from The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS). MOA, Ministry of Agriculture, China; ARS, Agriculture Research Service; EMBRAPA, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; CTNBio, the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety.

Crop SpeciesDeveloperInitial ApprovalTarget PathogenGene(s) ExpressedaReferences
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1994 USDAWatermelon mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1996 USDACucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
PapayaCornell University and the University of Hawaii1996 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinGonsalves, 1998, 2006
PotatoMonsanto1998 USDAPotato leafroll virusReplicase and helicaseThomas et al., 1997; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
Sweet PepperBeijing University1998 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinZhu et al., 1996
PotatoMonsanto1999 USDAPotato virus YCoat proteinNewell et al., 1991; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
TomatoBeijing University1999 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinYang et al., 1995
PapayaSouth China Agricultural University2006 MOAPapaya ringspot virusReplicaseYe and Li, 2010
PlumUSDA/ARS2007 USDAPlum pox virusCoat proteinScorza et al., 1994; Ilardi and Tavazza, 2015
PapayaUniversity of Florida2009 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinDavis and Ying, 2004
BeanEMBRAPA2011 CTNBioBean golden mosaic virus+, − RNA of viral replication proteinBonfim et al., 2007; Tollefson, 2011
PotatoJ.R. Simplot2015 USDAPhytophthora infestans (late blight)Resistance proteinFoster et al., 2009
Crop SpeciesDeveloperInitial ApprovalTarget PathogenGene(s) ExpressedaReferences
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1994 USDAWatermelon mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1996 USDACucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
PapayaCornell University and the University of Hawaii1996 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinGonsalves, 1998, 2006
PotatoMonsanto1998 USDAPotato leafroll virusReplicase and helicaseThomas et al., 1997; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
Sweet PepperBeijing University1998 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinZhu et al., 1996
PotatoMonsanto1999 USDAPotato virus YCoat proteinNewell et al., 1991; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
TomatoBeijing University1999 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinYang et al., 1995
PapayaSouth China Agricultural University2006 MOAPapaya ringspot virusReplicaseYe and Li, 2010
PlumUSDA/ARS2007 USDAPlum pox virusCoat proteinScorza et al., 1994; Ilardi and Tavazza, 2015
PapayaUniversity of Florida2009 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinDavis and Ying, 2004
BeanEMBRAPA2011 CTNBioBean golden mosaic virus+, − RNA of viral replication proteinBonfim et al., 2007; Tollefson, 2011
PotatoJ.R. Simplot2015 USDAPhytophthora infestans (late blight)Resistance proteinFoster et al., 2009
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Only genes relevant to pathogen resistance are listed.

Table 1.
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Events of genetically engineered food crops with enhanced disease resistance to microbial pathogens that have been approved for commercial production

Data collected from The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS). MOA, Ministry of Agriculture, China; ARS, Agriculture Research Service; EMBRAPA, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; CTNBio, the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety.

Crop SpeciesDeveloperInitial ApprovalTarget PathogenGene(s) ExpressedaReferences
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1994 USDAWatermelon mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1996 USDACucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
PapayaCornell University and the University of Hawaii1996 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinGonsalves, 1998, 2006
PotatoMonsanto1998 USDAPotato leafroll virusReplicase and helicaseThomas et al., 1997; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
Sweet PepperBeijing University1998 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinZhu et al., 1996
PotatoMonsanto1999 USDAPotato virus YCoat proteinNewell et al., 1991; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
TomatoBeijing University1999 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinYang et al., 1995
PapayaSouth China Agricultural University2006 MOAPapaya ringspot virusReplicaseYe and Li, 2010
PlumUSDA/ARS2007 USDAPlum pox virusCoat proteinScorza et al., 1994; Ilardi and Tavazza, 2015
PapayaUniversity of Florida2009 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinDavis and Ying, 2004
BeanEMBRAPA2011 CTNBioBean golden mosaic virus+, − RNA of viral replication proteinBonfim et al., 2007; Tollefson, 2011
PotatoJ.R. Simplot2015 USDAPhytophthora infestans (late blight)Resistance proteinFoster et al., 2009
Crop SpeciesDeveloperInitial ApprovalTarget PathogenGene(s) ExpressedaReferences
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1994 USDAWatermelon mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
SquashSeminis and Monsanto1996 USDACucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus 2, and zucchini yellow mosaic virusCoat proteinsTricoli et al., 1995
PapayaCornell University and the University of Hawaii1996 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinGonsalves, 1998, 2006
PotatoMonsanto1998 USDAPotato leafroll virusReplicase and helicaseThomas et al., 1997; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
Sweet PepperBeijing University1998 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinZhu et al., 1996
PotatoMonsanto1999 USDAPotato virus YCoat proteinNewell et al., 1991; Kaniewski and Thomas, 2004
TomatoBeijing University1999 MOACucumber mosaic virusCoat proteinYang et al., 1995
PapayaSouth China Agricultural University2006 MOAPapaya ringspot virusReplicaseYe and Li, 2010
PlumUSDA/ARS2007 USDAPlum pox virusCoat proteinScorza et al., 1994; Ilardi and Tavazza, 2015
PapayaUniversity of Florida2009 USDAPapaya ringspot virusCoat proteinDavis and Ying, 2004
BeanEMBRAPA2011 CTNBioBean golden mosaic virus+, − RNA of viral replication proteinBonfim et al., 2007; Tollefson, 2011
PotatoJ.R. Simplot2015 USDAPhytophthora infestans (late blight)Resistance proteinFoster et al., 2009
a

Only genes relevant to pathogen resistance are listed.

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