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PRODUCER AND PRODUCTION IMPACTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY-DERIVED<br />

HERBICIDE-RESISTANT CROPS PLANTED IN 2005. S. Sankula, National Center for<br />

Food and Agricultural Policy, Washington, DC.<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The United States continued to lead <strong>the</strong> world in <strong>the</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> biotechnologyderived<br />

crops in 2005 with about 123 million acres or 55% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total global planted<br />

area (Figure 1). Planted acreage in 2005 was mainly concentrated in three<br />

commercialized applications (virus-resistance, herbicide-resistance, and insectresistance<br />

or Bt) and eight crops (alfalfa, canola, corn, cotton, papaya, soybean,<br />

squash, and sweet corn). Approximately 93, 52, 79, 55, 88, and 12% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total<br />

acreage <strong>of</strong> canola, corn, cotton, papaya, soybean and squash, respectively, was<br />

planted to biotechnology-derived varieties in <strong>the</strong> United States in 2005. Biotechnologyderived<br />

alfalfa and sweet corn were planted on a very minor acreage (

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