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 |
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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 |