GM Soybean

Herbicide Tolerance

Herbicide-tolerant soybean varieties contain a gene that provides resistance to one of two broad spectrum, environmentally benign herbicides.

This modified soybean provides better weed control and reduces crop injury. It also improves farm efficiency by optimizing yield, using arable land more efficiently, saving time for the farmer, and increasing the flexibility of crop rotation. It also encourages the adoption of no-till farming-an important part of soil conservation practice.

These varieties are the same as other soybeans in nutrition, composition, and the way they are processed into food and feed.

Herbicide-tolerant soybean was the most dominant GM crop grown commercially in 2000. Globally it occupied 25.8 million hectares, representing 59% of the global GM crop area of 44.2 million hectares for all crops.

*Approved for food use in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, Uruguay and US.

Approved for:

Food Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Uruguay
Feed Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, Uruguay
Food and/or Feed US
Environment Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay, US
Marketing China, Czech Republic, EU, Russia
Source: AGBIOS 2004

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Global Status of Approved Genetically Modified Plants -  [Click here]
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