- Rice is one of the three crops along with corn and wheat, on which scientists have conducted the most research using genetic modification.
- In test fields around the world researches are planting rice with altered starch levels, pest resistance, and "edible nutrition.
- Salmon may soon become the first GM fish.
- Salmon do not normally grow during the winter, but the GM variety reaches its full size in a small fraction of the time it would normally take.
- Several biotechnology companies are testing coffee plants engineered to produce coffee with altered caffeine content.
- For each of the ingredients you might find in a pizza, scientist are testing GM varieties.
- Biotech companies have filed more applications to plant varieties of GM corn.
- They are testing corn concoctions that have altered oil profiles, amino-acid, seed color, starch content, and ability to tolerate drought.
- Bananas and other fruits may serve as particularly good storage media for edible vaccines, because their skins provide sterile barriers against contamination.
- Bananas are also indigenous to many developing nations.
- Petunias may become the first GM flowering plants available to decorate your dinner table.
- Researchers are currently conducting tests on petunias possessing GM coloring and pesticide resistance.
- Plant geneticists are testing almost any fruit you can think of for GM variety approval.
- Potatoes engineered to absorb less oil when fried are currently pending approval by food regulatory boards.
- The first GM insects are due for release in the United States this summer.
- Successful SIT programs in other countries include the eradication of the tsetse fly in Zanzibar, the melon fly in the Okinawa islands, the Queensland fruit fly from western Australia, and the med fly from Mexico.