Papaya

Usually it happen due to prolonged hot, dry and windy weather or bright sunshine which causes plants to lose water in excess by transpiration faster… Read More »Why Is My Papaya Tree Leaves Drying?

There is a genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) virus-resistant papaya grown in Hawaii and some is also grown in China. The first GM… Read More »What Is Genetically Modified In Papaya?

It was California’s Proposition 37, a proposal to require labels on GMO-containing foods, that first propelled the debate to widespread national attention in 2012. What… Read More »When Did The Gmo Controversy Start?

Eating the Maradol papaya can make you sick. People should not eat Maradol papayas from Mexico because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. Retailers should… Read More »Are Maradol Papayas Safe To Eat?

Abstract. Rainbow papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a genetically engineered (GE) cultivar with resistance to papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). This cultivar currently accounts for about… Read More »Is Rainbow Papaya Gmo?

Blueberries are an additional berry type that contain a high level of pesticides. The thin skin allows the chemicals to enter the fruit’s flesh. Buying… Read More »Are Blueberries High In Pesticides?

Early tests involved tomatoes, cotton, and corn engineered primarily for herbicide-resistance and/or insect-resistance. Since then, the majority of seeds produced on Hawaii have become GMO.… Read More »Does Hawaii Use Gmos?

Scientists successfully created two virus-resistant varieties of papaya: SunUp and Rainbow. SunUp had reddish-flesh fruit and two copies of the coat protein (cp) gene. Rainbow,… Read More »What Is Virus-Resistant Papaya?

Hawaii Island In 2013 a second bill banned the cultivation of any GM crop on the island, grandfathering in papaya and corn planted by a… Read More »Did Hawaii Ban Gmo?

Without biotechnology, “There’s no papaya industry. Simple as that,” said Dennis Gonsalves, the scientist who developed the GMO papaya. The papaya ringspot virus nearly wiped… Read More »Why Was Papaya Genetically Modified On The Hawaiian Islands?