[2][3] Smartstax also incorporates Monsanto's Acceleron Seed Treatment System which protects against insects at the earliest stages of development.

[5] Smartstax corn has been advertised and promoted on television, at farm trade shows, and online as Monsanto has geared up for widespread commercial release.

Horseweed, giant ragweed and pigweed, among others have been found growing with crops across the United States.

[6][7][8] Insects including corn rootworm and bollworm have also begun showing signs of resistance.

SmartStax is bred from the products of four transgenic incorporation events MON89034, TC1507, MON88017, DAS59122-7, producing traits phosphinothricin acetyltransferase, CP4 EPSPS, Cry1Fa2, Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab, Cry3Bb1, Cry34Ab1, and Cry35Ab1.