<P> As of 2005, about 13% of the Zucchini (a form of squash) grown in the US was genetically modified to resist three viruses; that strain is also grown in Canada . </P> <P> In 2011, BASF requested the European Food Safety Authority's approval for cultivation and marketing of its Fortuna potato as feed and food . The potato was made resistant to late blight by adding resistant genes blb1 and blb2 that originate from the Mexican wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum . In February 2013, BASF withdrew its application . </P> <P> In 2013, the USDA approved the import of a GM pineapple that is pink in color and that "overexpresses" a gene derived from tangerines and suppress other genes, increasing production of lycopene . The plant's flowering cycle was changed to provide for more uniform growth and quality . The fruit "does not have the ability to propagate and persist in the environment once they have been harvested," according to USDA APHIS . According to Del Monte's submission, the pineapples are commercially grown in a "monoculture" that prevents seed production, as the plant's flowers aren't exposed to compatible pollen sources . Importation into Hawaii is banned for "plant sanitation" reasons . </P> <P> In 2014, the USDA approved a genetically modified potato developed by J.R. Simplot Company that contained ten genetic modifications that prevent bruising and produce less acrylamide when fried . The modifications eliminate specific proteins from the potatoes, via RNA interference, rather than introducing novel proteins . </P>

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