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TABLE 7.2
Regulatory Approvals Granted for Transgenic Crops and Traits for Planting
and Direct Use for Food, Feed, or Processing (FFP) in Selected Countries
in Asia through 2009

Number
of Events b
Approved

Country Crop Group (Crops) Trait a Planting FFP

China Vegetables.(tomato,.green.and.

sweet.pepper)

DR,.VR 4 4

Fruit.(papaya) VR 1 1

Ornamental.(petunia) FC 1

Others.(canola,.cotton,.maize,.
poplar,.rice,.soybean)

HT,.IR,.HT.+.IR,.
high phytase

4 21

India Others.(cotton) IR 6 6

Indonesia Others.(cotton) IR 0 1

Japan

Ornamental.(carnation,.rose) FC,.HT,.lav.path,.FC 9

Vegetables.(tomato,.potato) DR,.IR,.IR.+.VR 0 21

Others.(alfalfa,.canola,.cotton,.
maize,.poplar,.rice,.soybean,.
sugar.beets)

HT,.IR,.HT.+.F,.HT.+.IR,.
Lys,.Lys.+.IR,.CPP,.OC,.
OC.+.HT,.high.cellulose

52 101

Malaysia Others.(soybean) HT 0 1

Pakistan Others.(cotton) IR,.IR/IR 0 2

Philippines Vegetable/root.(potato) IR,.IR.+.VR 0 8

Others.(alfalfa,.canola,.cotton,.
maize,.soybean,.sugar.beet)

HT,.IR,.HT.+.IR,.Lys,.
Lys + IR,.plant.qual,.IR/HT

5 46

Singapore Others.(cotton,.maize,.sugar.beet) IR,.HT 0 4

South.Korea Vegetable/root.(potato) IR,.IR.+.VR 0 4

Others.(canola,.cotton,.maize,.
soybean,.sugar.beet)

HT,.IR,.HT.+.IR,.IR/HT 0 53

Taiwan Others.(maize,.soybean) HT,.IR,.HT.+.IR,.IR/HT 0 26

Thailand Others.(maize,.soybean) HT 0 2

Horticultural.crops 15 38

Agronomic/ield/other.crops 67 263

Total 82 301

Source: . James,. C.,. Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2009 ,. ISAAA. Briefs. 41,.
International.Service.for.the.Acquisition.of.Agri-biotech.Applications,.Ithaca,.New.York,.2009.
Trait legend: . .HT,.herbicide.tolerance;.IR,.insect.resistance;.DR,.delayed.ripening/altered.shelf.life;.
VR,. virus. resistance;. FC,. modiied. lower. color;. Lys,. enhanced. lysine. content;. OC,.
modiied.oil.content;.F,.fertility.restored;.CPP,.cedar.pollen.peptide;.plant.qual,.modiied.
amylase;.lav.path,.lavonoid.pathway.
a. A.transgenic.event.refers.to.a.unique.product.resulting.from.stable.transformation—incorporation.of.
foreign.DNA.into.a.living.cell.
b. Approvals.for.planting.have.been.granted,.but.no.actual.planting.in.the.country.has.been.done.