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Table 6 Glyphosate use on herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops and all crops

From: Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally

 

2010

2011

2012

Cotton

8.6

11.8

9.5

 North America

5.64

6.99

6.32

 Rest of world

3.00

4.8

3.1

Maize

47.7

65.6

70.2

 North America

26.1

28.5

31.0

 Rest of World

21.63

37.1

39.2

Soybeans

223.7

239.1

265.1

 North America

41.9

42.0

43.6

 Rest of world

181.7

197.1

221.5

Canola

13.7

16.5

18.6

 North America

0.4

0.3

0.5

 Rest of world

13.3

16.2

18.1

Global use on HT crops

293.7

333.0

363.4

Global use on All crops

578.1

616.8

648.6

Percent use on HT crops (%)

51

54

56

  1. Data are millions of kilograms of glyphosate active ingredient
  2. National Agriculture Statistic Service, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, and Meyer and Cederburg (2010). See Additional file 1: Table S23 for details