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. 2023 Jul 7;5:1171969. doi: 10.3389/fgeed.2023.1171969

TABLE 2.

Insect Resistant Crops. Different genetic modification events in a diverse number of crops have led to insect-resistant commercial traits in different transgenic crops (ISAAA, 2022).

Crop name Number of events leading to modification for insect resistance
Maize - Zea mays L. 210
Cotton - Gossypium hirsutum L. 50
Potato - Solanum tuberosum L. 30
Soybean - Glycine max L. 6
Rice - Oryza sativa L. 3
Sugarcane - Saccharum sp 3
Poplar - Populus sp. 2
Cowpea - Vigna unguiculata 1
Eggplant - Solanum melongena 1
Tomato - Lycopersicon esculentum 1