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  2. A few fresh fruit and vegetables are available in GMO varieties, including potatoes, summer squash, apples, papayas, and pink pineapples. Although GMOs are in a lot of the foods we eat, most of...

  3. Jan 6, 2022 · Current genetically modified and gene edited varieties include those with Colorado potato beetle and late blight resistance, reduction in acrylamide, and modified starch content.

    • 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
    • 2021
    • GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
  4. en Español / em Português. There are 8 commercially available genetically engineered (GE) crops in the US. They are alfalfa, canola, corn, cotton, papaya, soy, squash, and sugar beets. A potato and apple have been approved but are not commercially available at this point.

  5. Goals of modification include introducing pest resistance, tweaking the amounts of certain chemicals produced by the plant, and to prevent browning or bruising of the tubers. Varieties modified to produce large amounts of starches may be approved for industrial use only, not for food.

  6. Feb 14, 2018 · Transgenic potato varieties engineered for starch quality, which has reduced amylose and increased amylopectin in starch granules were released by BASF viz., Starch Potato (AM 04—1020) in the USA and Amflora™ (EH 92-527-1) in the European Union. Transgenic potato varieties that limit formation of the reducing sugars through starch ...

    • Monika Garg, Natasha Sharma, Saloni Sharma, Payal Kapoor, Aman Kumar, Venkatesh Chunduri, Priya Aror...
    • 2018
  7. Sep 14, 2022 · Potatoes with a high starch content composed exclusively of amylopectin are important for the starch industry. These potatoes are useful in textile sizing or papermaking. BASF Plant Science developed two approved GM potatoes (Amflora and Starch Potato), but none of them are approved for cultivation and are no longer marketed.

  8. Amflora is a starch potato developed by BASF for the production of specialty starch. Potato starch consists of two types of starch with very different properties: amylose and amylopectin. Instead of the regular 20/80 amylose-/amylopectin mixture in a typical potato, Amflora has been genetically modified to contain only amylopectin.

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