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Genetically modified maize is a genetically modified crop. Specific maize strains have been genetically engineered to express agriculturally-desirable traits, including resistance to pests and to herbicides. Maize strains with both traits are now in use in multiple countries.
MON 832 is an herbicide tolerant maize under license from Monsanto. MON 863 is an Insect Resistant maize under license from Monsanto. [7] MON-8746Ø-4 (MON87460) is a water use efficient maize under license from Monsanto produced for human consumption and livestock feed. [8]
The MON 810 corn is a genetically modified maize used around the world. It is a Zea mays line known as YieldGard from the company Monsanto. [1] This plant is a genetically modified organism (GMO) designed to combat crop loss due to insects.
In the US, by 2014, 94% of the planted area of soybeans, 96% of cotton and 93% of corn were genetically modified varieties. [235] [236] [237] Genetically modified soybeans carried herbicide-tolerant traits only, but maize and cotton carried both herbicide tolerance and insect protection traits (the latter largely Bt protein). [238]
Genetically modified organisms refers to any plant, animal or microorganism that has been genetically altered, due to modern biotechnology like genetic engineering. Often, GMOs are labeled “GE ...
Of the 111 hectares of soybean grown worldwide in 2014, 82% was genetically modified in some way. Seventeen countries grew a total of 55.2 million hectares of genetically modified maize and fifteen grew 23.9 hectares of genetically modified cotton. Nine million hectares of genetically modified canola was grown with 8 million of those in Canada.
Getty Images About 20 years ago, a company now owned by Monsanto (MON) introduced the Flavr Savr tomato -- the first genetically modified organism approved for consumption in the United States.
Genetically modified maize was one of the 26 genetically engineered food crops grown commercially in 2016. [58] [59] The vast majority of this is Bt maize. Genetically modified maize has been grown since 1997 in the United States and Canada; [60] by 2016, 92% of the US maize crop was genetically modified. [58]