A gene Cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki has been inserted into the  genome of tomato to confer resistance to certain lepidopteran insect pests. Since 1995, insect resistant tomato line 5345 was  field tested at 29 sites in USA under the following notifications 94-362-01N, 95-138-  04N, 95-151-04N, 95-216-03N, 96-011-01N, 96-247-14N, 97-013-01N, 97-015-02N,  and 97-182-04N.  Monsanto has presented field data reports for all the above field tests  none of which report any adverse effect on the plant themselves or on any other non-  target organisms.  These reports contain information on plant height at crop maturity,  yield, maturity dates, inheritance and segregation data, protein toxin expression data,  and its effects on both target and non-target organisms.  All these agronomic traits fall  well within the range of the no transformed species.  The only significant consistent  difference between the insect resistant tomato line 5345 and the parent variety is the in  the expression of the insect toxic protein Cry1Ac.