Table 1: Summary of approved submissions and number of approved field trials that have been planted in 2009. Please note that not all approved submissions have trials planted after authorization.
| Year | Number of Submissions | Number of Field Trials |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 157 | 818 |
Table 2: Number of field trials per province categorized by crop species. Only trials that have been both authorized and planted are shown (including those terminated early) and do not include those that were authorized and terminated before planting.
| Crop | Nfld | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Camelina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Canola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 | 150 | 320 | 170 | 12 |
| Corn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuphea hybrid |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soybean |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
120 | 161 | 332 | 170 | 12 |
Table 3: Summary of 2009 field trials' breeding objectives. Data includes only trials that were both authorized and planted (trials terminated early are also included).
| Crop | Latin Name | Total Trials | Breeding Objectives Genetic Research |
Breeding Objectives Selectable Marker |
Breeding Objectives Fertility Restoration |
Breeding Objectives Male Sterility |
Breeding Objectives Herbicide Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives Insect Resistance |
Breeding Objectives Yield Increase |
Breeding Objectives Modified Oil Composition |
Breeding Objectives Nutritional Change | Breeding Objectives Stress Tolerance |
Breeding Objectives New Species To Canada |
Breeding Objectives Commercial Enzyme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camelina | Camelina sativa | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canola | Brassica napus | 661 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 8 | 558 | 0 | 214 | 7 | 1 | 385 | 0 | 0 |
| Corn | Zea Mays | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuphea hybrid | Cuphea viscosissima x C. lanceolata f. silenoides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethiopian Mustard | Brassica carinata | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poplar | Populus spp | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soybean | Glycine max | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 74 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | Nicotiana tabacum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |