The Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC), a Brazilian company that focuses on the research, development, and commercialisation of sugarcane varieties, has received approval from Brazil’s biosafety regulatory agency, CTNBio, for the commercial release of its insect-resistant GM sugarcane variety CTC9005Bt. The new variety, which contains the CTC95019-5 event, represents the company’s sixth GM sugarcane variety with resistance to sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis).