Database Menu
About CropLife
About our industry
Press room
Resource Centre
Impact Areas
Use Advanced Search to filter by crop, trait, country and more.
    Print Bookmark and Share
    Home / Benefits of plant science / Biotechnology Benefits & Safety Database / The economic status and performance of plant biotechnology in 2003: adoption, research and development in the United States.

    The economic status and performance of plant biotechnology in 2003: adoption, research and development in the United States.

    Runge CF and Ryan B (2003). University of Minnesota (prepared for Council for Biotechnology Information).

    Bookmark and Share

    This paper is relevant to the Safety & Health Impact, and Socio-Economic categories in the following areas:

    Crops:Wheat, Sugar Beet, Maize, Cotton, Potato, Soybean, Rice, and Oilseed Rape
    Traits:Insect Resistance, and Herbicide Tolerance
    Countries:US
    Regions:North America
    ImpactAreas:Safety & Health, and Socio-Economic

    Abstract or Summary:

    Overview of US plant biotech agricultural plantings, trait development and development portfolio of the major technology providers: Syngenta, Bayer Crop Sciences, Dupont, Dow, BASF and Monsanto. Listing of US corn, soya, cotton, canola, potato, rice and sugarbeet production approvals for human consumption and livestock feed with dates. Listing of held testing permits for GM crops in the US from 2001-2003. Biotechnology has created jobs with above average wages. Listing of US public institutions engaged in Plant biotechnology field studies by state, commodity and trait: 2001-2003. Economic value of biotech traits estimated at state level.

    Download The economic status and performance of plant biotechnology in 2003: adoption, research and development in the United States. (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)

    CropLife International fully acknowledges the source and authors of the publication as detailed above.

    Related Papers

    Has your visit been useful?