Korean Journal of Breeding Science

Table. 1.

Gene edited crops that the U.S. Department of Agriculture considered to be out of regulatory scope (as of April 2019)^z

USDA response	Institution	Plant	Intended trait	Technology
2019/4/19	Illinois State Univ.	Pennycress	“Undisclosed”	CRISPR
2019/2/25	Max Planck Institute	Nicotiana attenuate	Modified nectar composition	CRISPR
2019/2/8	Intrexon	Lettuce	“Undisclosed”	“Undisclosed”
2018/9/27	Yield 10 Bioscience	Camelina	“Undisclosed”	CRISPR
2018/8/6	Illinois State Univ.	Pennycress	“Undisclosed”	CRISPR
2018/5/14	Univ. of Florida	Tomato	Fruits lacking the pedicel abscission zone	CRISPR
2018/3/20	Calyxt, Inc.	Wheat	Nutritionally-Enhanced	TALEN
2018/3/19	Benson Hill Biosystems	Maize	Increased yield	“Undisclosed”
2018/1/16	DuPont Pioneer	Maize	Improved resistance to Northern leaf blight	CRISPR
2017/12/29	North Carolina State Univ.	Tobacco	Low levels of nicotine	Meganuclease
2017/10/16	USDA ARS	Soybean	Drought and salt tolerance	CRISPR
2017/9/25	Calyxt	Alfalfa	Nutritional quality	TALEN
2017/8/29	Yield10 Bioscience	Camelina sativa	“Undisclosed”	CRISPR
2017/4/7	Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	Setaria viridis	Delayed flowering time	CRISPR
2016/12/2	Simplot Plant Sciences	Potato	Reduced PPO5 protein	TALEN
2016/9/15	Calyxt	Potato	PPO knock-out	TALEN
2016/4/18	DuPont Pioneer	Maize	Waxy starch	CRISPR
2016/4/13	Penn State Univ.	White button mushroom	Anti-browning	CRISPR
2016/2/11	Calyxt	Wheat	Resistance to powdery mildew	TALEN
2015/11/30	Agrivida	Maize	Increased starch	Meganuclease
2015/5/22	Iowa State Univ.	Rice	Disease resistance	TALEN
2015/5/20	Cellectis Plant Sciences	Soybean	High oleic acid	TALEN
2014/8/28	Cellectis Plant Sciences	Potato	“Undisclosed”	TALEN
2012/3/8	Dow AgroScience	Maize	Reduced phytate	ZFN

^zProducts that the USDA has not considered to be regulated pursuant to the regulation on the introduction of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering.

Korean J Breed Sci 2019;51:175-83 https://doi.org/10.9787/KJBS.2019.51.3.175