ISAAA presents an easy-to-use database of biotech/GM crop approvals for public use. It features the biotech/GM crop events that have been approved for commercialization/planting and importation (food and feed). Entries in the database represent the majority of the GM crop events approved worldwide, based on publicly available English (and translatable) decision documents of each approving country, Biosafety Clearing House of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and peer-reviewed scholarly articles. In using the database, please note that the approval of GM crops vary from country to country but all regulations are based on the same objective that each GM crop is safe for human or animal health and the environment. The database also includes discontinued events for recording purposes.
The GM Approval Database is one of the top sources of information on GM crop approvals. See how it has been used cited in reports, articles, and documents in the GMAD Citations Section.
We invite corrections, additions/deletions, and suggestions for the improvement of the database. Contact us at gmapproval@isaaa.org. For new entries, you may use this form.
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- Argentina
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- Burkina Faso
- Canada
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- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Egypt
- eSwatini
- Ethiopia
- European Union
- Ghana
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Japan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Russia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- 2,4-D herbicide tolerance
- Altered lignin production
- Altered seed quality
- Anti-allergy
- Antibiotic resistance
- Coleopteran insect resistance
- Delayed fruit softening
- Delayed ripening/senescence
- Dicamba herbicide tolerance
- Drought stress tolerance
- Enhanced Photosynthesis/Yield
- Enhanced Provitamin A Content
- Fertility restoration
- Foliar Late Blight Resistance
- Glufosinate herbicide tolerance
- Glyphosate herbicide tolerance
- Hemipteran Insect Resistance
- Imazamox herbicide tolerance
- Increased Ear Biomass
- Isoxaflutole herbicide tolerance
- Late blight disease resistance
- Lepidopteran insect resistance
- Low Gossypol
- Lowered Free Asparagine
- Lowered Reducing Sugars
- Male sterility
- Mannose metabolism
- Mesotrione Herbicide Tolerance
- Modified alpha amylase
- Modified amino acid
- Modified flower color
- Modified fruit color
- Modified oil/fatty acid
- Modified starch/carbohydrate
- Multiple insect resistance
- Nematode Resistance
- Nicotine reduction
- Non-Browning
- Nopaline synthesis
- Oxynil herbicide tolerance
- Phytase production
- Reduced Black Spot
- Short stature
- Sulfonylurea herbicide tolerance
- Tolerance to HPPD inhibiting herbicides
- Viral disease resistance
- Visual marker
- Volumetric Wood Increase
- African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)
- Agricultural Biotech Research Institute (Iran)
- Agritope Inc. (USA)
- Agrivida, Inc.
- BASF
- BASF and Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)
- Bayer Australia
- Bayer CropScience (including fully and partly owned companies)
- Bayer CropScience and Syngenta
- Bayer CropScience LP
- Beijing DaBeiNong Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (DBNBC)
- Beijing University
- Bejo Zaden BV (Netherlands)
- Bioceres S.A.
- Central Institute for Cotton Research and University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad (India)
- Centre Bioengineering, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (Pakistan)
- Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Cornell University and University of Hawaii
- Corteva Agriscience
- Cotton and Sericulture Department (Myanmar)
- DBN Biotech
- Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
- DNA Plant Technology Corporation (USA)
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Dow AgroSciences LLC and DuPont (Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.)
- DuPont (Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.)
- EMBRAPA (Brazil)
- Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC)
- Florigene Pty Ltd. (Australia)
- FuturaGene Group
- Genective S.A.
- Go Resources Pty Ltd
- GreenLab, Inc.
- Hangzhou Ruifeng Biotechnology
- Helix Sementes e Mudas Ltda
- Huazhong Agricultural University (China)
- ICABIOGRAD
- INDEAR
- Institute of Microbiology, CAS (China)
- International Rice Research Institute
- J.R. Simplot Co.
- JK Agri Genetics Ltd (India)
- Kejidalong Biotechnology
- Longping Biotechnology
- Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (MAHYCO)
- Metahelix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd (India)
- Michigan State University
- Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
- Monsanto Company and BASF
- Monsanto Company and Bayer CropScience
- Monsanto Company and Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Monsanto Company and Dupont (Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.)
- Monsanto Company and Forage Genetics International
- Monsanto Company and Scotts Seeds
- Nath Seeds/Global Transgenes Ltd (India)
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Pakistan)
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (Japan)
- Norfolk Plant Sciences
- Novartis Seeds and Monsanto Company
- Nuseed Pty Ltd
- Okanagan Specialty Fruits Incorporated
- Origin Agritech
- Origin Agritech (China)
- Pioneer Hi-Bred Canada (Pioneer)
- PT Perkebunan Nusantara XI (Persero)
- Renessen LLC (Netherlands)
- Renessen LLC (Netherlands) and Monsanto Company
- Research Institute of Forestry (China)
- SEITA S.A. (France)
- Seminis Vegetable Seeds (Canada) and Monsanto Company (Asgrow)
- South China Agricultural University
- Stine Seed Farm, Inc (USA)
- Suntory Limited (Japan)
- Suzano S.A
- Syngenta
- Syngenta and Monsanto Company
- Technoplant Argentina
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research University
- United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service
- University of Agriculture Faisalabad
- University of Florida
- University of Saskatchewan
- Vector Tobacco Inc. (USA)
- Verdeca
- Westhoff Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH
- Xinjiang Guoxin Seed Industry
- Zeneca Plant Science and Petoseed Company
- Zhejiang Xin'an Chemical Group
- Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated plant transformation
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated plant transformation
- Aerosol Beam Injection
- Chemically mediated introduction into protoplasts and regeneration
- Conventional breeding - cross hybridization and selection involving transgenic donor(s)
- Direct DNA transfer system
- Electroporation
- Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue
- not available
- Pollen-tube pathway (PTP)
- Whiskers-mediated plant transformation
Latest Approvals:
- Australia approved the Tomato event Del/Ros1-N for Cultivation - domestic or non-domestic use in 2026
- Australia approved the Tomato event Del/Ros1-N for Food - direct use or additive in 2026
- South Korea approved the Potato event Y9 for Cultivation - domestic or non-domestic use in 2025
- European Union approved the Soybean event MON87705 x MON87708 x MON89788 for Food - direct use or additive in 2025
- European Union approved the Soybean event MON87705 x MON87708 x MON89788 for Feed - direct use or additive in 2025
Infographics:
- Approved Transgenic Plant Events
- Approved Transgenic Plant Events by Trait
- Approved Transgenic Plant Events per Country
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* Last updated: April 11, 2026
*Proper citation: ISAAA GM Approval Database. https://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/.
The GM Approval Database, or GMAD, is one of ISAAA’s unique features that compiles all the available information about biotech/GM crops that have been approved for planting and importation for food and feed, and commercialization. ISAAA sources out the information from publicly available decision documents per country, Biosafety Clearing Houses and peer-reviewed scholarly articles to maintain the credibility of the database. Your contribution can help expand and maintain the GMAD and make useful information more available to researchers, students, and the general public. You can help by donating as little as $10.