Low Level Presence and Asynchronous Authorizations of Genetically Modified Products in China

Jikun Huang and Jun Yang ()
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Jun Yang: Peking University

A chapter in The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Foods, 2016, pp 283-290 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract China developed a public sector dominated biotechnology program and commercialized several genetically modified (GM) plants beginning in the late 1990s. Plants that have been approved for commercialization prior to 2006 include biotech-derived varieties of cotton, petunia, tomato, sweet pepper, poplar trees, and papaya. Bt cotton is the most successful story of China’s biotech program as it currently accounts for nearly 70 % of total cotton area. Huang et al. (Science 295:674–677, 2002) show that, when compared with conventional cotton, Bt cotton increases yield by 15 % and reduces pesticide use by 35.4 kg/ha (or nearly 60 % of pesticide use). In 2009 China issued production safety certificates to Bt rice and phytase maize, although to date they have not been approved for commercial production. Biotech soybean, wheat, and several other crops have also reached different stages of the biosafety regulation process.

Keywords: Genetically Modify; Food Price; Genetically Modify Crop; Genetically Modify Food; Genetically Modify Maize (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3727-1_22

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