Virus Coat Protein Transgenic Papaya Provides Practical Control of <i>Papaya ringspot virus</i> in Hawaii

A. Ferreira, Sílvia; Y. Pitz, Karen; M. Manshardt, Richard; Zee, Francis; M. M. Fitch, Maureen; Gonsalves, D.

doi:10.1094/pdis.2002.86.2.101

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Virus Coat Protein Transgenic Papaya Provides Practical Control of Papaya ringspot virus in Hawaii

Published in Plant Disease • Feb 1, 2002

Authors:

Sílvia A. Ferreira

Karen Y. Pitz

Richard M. Manshardt

Abstract

Since 1992, Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) destroyed nearly all of the papaya hectarage in the Puna district of Hawaii, where 95% of Hawaii's papayas are grown. Two field trials to evaluate transgenic resistance (TR) were established in Puna in October 1995. One trial included the following: SunUp, a ...

Subject

Papaya ringspot virus

Biology

Potyvirus

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