The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reviewed five genetically modified (GM) plants to determine whether they pose an increased plant pest risk relative to non-modified comparators. APHIS has determined that the GM plants are unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated plants and, as a result, are not subject to increased regulation and may be safely grown and bred in the United States. The plant varieties reviewed are as follows:

• Corteva (Pioneer), DP915635 maize modified for corn rootworm insect resistance and glufosinate herbicide tolerance.
• Qi-Biodesign, soybean modified for altered product quality (increase in oleic acid and a decrease in linoleic acid).
• Michigan State University, two potato plants modified for disease (potato late blight and potato virus Y) resistance.
• CoverCress, pennycress modified for altered product quality.