Zea mays L. | Maize | Insect-resistance Herbicide tolerance (glyphosate) Corn rootworm resistance Drought tolerance | cry1Ab, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, modified 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) modified cry3A gene, E. coli
NF-YB, MAPK | [43] [44] [45]
[46] [47] |
| Sugarcane | Insect resistance | Cry1a(b), synthetic cry1Ac, cry1Aa3, cry1Ab | [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] |
Lycopersicon esculentum | Tomato | Delayed ripening Freezing tolerance | 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxyllic acid (ACC) synthase afa3 | [54] [55] |
Cucurbita pepo | Squash | Cucumber mosiac virus (CMV), zucchini yellows mosaic (ZYMV) and watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) | Coat protein (CP) | [56] |
Solanum tuberosum L. | Potato | Colorado potato beetle resistance Carbohydrate Enhanced sweetness Freezing Heat shock protein | cry3A, Bacillus thuringiensis (subsp. Tenebrionis) Amylose and amylopectin structure/ratio Monellin BetA DcHSP17.7-improved cellular membrane stability and enhanced in-vitro tuberization | [57]
[58] [59] [60] [61] |
| Cassava | Carbohydrate | Amylose and amylopectin structure/ratio | [62] |
| Sweet potato | Protein | Essential amino acid rich protein | [63] |
| Carrot | Salt tolerance (up to 400 mM) | Badh | [64] |
| Cucumber | Enhanced sweetness | Thaumatin | [65] |
Carica papaya | Papaya | Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) resistant | Coat protein (CP) | [66] |
Cucumis melo | Melon | Reduced accumulation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), and consequently reduced ethylene synthesis, | S-Adenosylmethionine hydrolase | [67] |
Musa acuminata | Banana | Carbohydrate | Amylose and amylopectin structure/ratio | [68] |
Prunus domestica | Plum | Plum pox virus (PPV) resistance | Coat protein (CP) gene | [69] |
Nicotiana tabacum L. | Tobacco | Herbicide tolerance (bromoxynil, ioxynil)
Reduced nicotine content Salinity Drought Chilling Waterlogging tolerance
Metal toxicity tolerance | Nitrilase, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Tobacco quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (QTPase) BetA, Mltd p5cs, TPS1, SacB ad7, Des9 ACC
MsFer-Ferritin (ion storage); arsC | [70]
[71] [72] [73] [55] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] |
Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Male sterility | Barnase ribonuclease, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | [81] |
Coffea arabica | Coffee | Resistance to pests (coffee leaf miner, coffee berry borer and nematodes) | Bt | [82] [83] [84] |