In the mid-1990s the papaya farmers of Hawaii were threatened with devastation by a newly rampant disease, papaya ringspot virus. What devastated the papaya crop… Read More »What Was Destroying The Hawaiian Papaya?
GMO agriculture has led to superweeds and superpests that are extraordinarily difficult for farmers to manage. Farmers affected by resistant pests must revert to older… Read More »Why Gm Foods Might Be Harmful To Other Farmers?
A successful case using genetic transformation to improve resistance against a disease is the case of transgenic papaya (Carica papaya) resistant to Papaya ringspot virus… Read More »What Is The Name Of The Papaya That Is Resistant To The Papaya Ringspot Virus Disease?
Genetically modified papaya may be able to resist disease such as ringspot virus. On a small scale, less crop loss means farmers can earn more… Read More »What Is The Benefits Of Gmo Papaya?
papaya ringspot virus. The Hawaii papaya industry began suffering severe economic losses due to the impact of the devastating papaya ringspot virus on the island… Read More »What Biological Agent Nearly Destroyed The Papaya Industry In Hawaii?
The papaya ringspot virus nearly wiped the crop out. The virus first hit Hawaii in the 1940s and by the 1990s had reached almost every… Read More »What Happened To The Hawaiian Papaya?
Rainbow papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a genetically engineered (GE) cultivar with resistance to papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). This cultivar currently accounts for about 70%… Read More »Is Rainbow Papaya Genetically Modified?
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) provide certain advantages to producers and consumers. Modified plants, for example, can at least initially help protect crops by providing resistance… Read More »Is Gmo Important In Our Society?
Introduction. In 1992, Hawaii’s papaya industry faced a potential economic disaster when Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) was discovered in the Puna district of Hawaii island… Read More »What Virus Threatens Papaya Production In Hawaii?
Most of the time, when female plants don’t get pollen, they fail to set fruit. However, unpollinated papaya female plants sometimes set fruit without seeds.… Read More »Can We Eat Papaya Without Seed?