The total number of countries worldwide reportedly planting transgenic crops is now up to 21, with soybeans, cotton and corn the major products. For the first time ever, last year witnessed more US field trial approvals for transgenic crops enhanced for product quality than for herbicide-tolerant crops. Although field trials continue apace in the US, in Europe the number has fallen back to where it was in the early nineties, although a few countries, France, Portugal and the Czech Republic, started planting transgenic crops in 2005.
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Lawrence, S. Agbiotech goes further afield. Nat Biotechnol 24, 379 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0406-379
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0406-379