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The first figure is for total GM trait-acres. The second figure is the total area planted to GM crops in 2007 (James, 2007).
Sources: USDA, Economic Research Service using the following: U.S. patents issued from crop cultivars from the U.S. Patent and
Trademarks Office; U.S. patents issued for agricultural biotechnology (narrow and broad definitions) from the ERS Agricultural
Intellectual Property database; petitions and notifications to APHIS are from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University; approvals
for plantings or environmental release of GM crops and GM trait-acres based on data provided in James (2007).
