The field experiment was conducted during 2008 2010 to study the effect of papaya ringspot virus type p on growth, yield, and quality of papaya carica papaya l. Pdf effect of papaya ringspot virus on growth, yield and. This is the second time that papaya ringspot disease has occurred on maui. The papaya strain of papaya ringspot virus prsvp, the cause of papaya ringspot disease, was con. Papaya ringspot virus university of hawaii at manoa. Infection was monitored by evaluating symptoms and by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction rtpcr. All be papaya production in the united states is based on event 551. Neither the department, its o ficers or employees warrant or make any representations about the.
Papaya ringspot virus prsv, a member of the family potyviridae, is a positivesense singlestranded rna plant virus with a monocistronic genome of c. Media in category papaya ringspot virusthis category contains only the following file. Papaya ringspot biosecurity zone 1 papaya ringspot biosecurity zone 2 papaya ringspot biosecurity zone map dis claimer. Among eight tested transgenic lines, clone g2 was found highly resistant to virus infection during 3 years of testing. Be papaya events 631 and x172 were never commercialized. Papaya ringspot department of agriculture and fisheries. What is papaya ringspot virus also known as papaya mosiac virus. Suppression of papaya ringspot virus infection in carica papaya with cap34, a systemic antiviral resistance inducing protein from clerodendrum aculeatum. Effect of papaya ringspot virus on growth, yield and quality of papaya carica papaya cultivars article pdf available in indian journal of agricultural sciences august 2015 with 588 reads. Papaya ringspot virus in the garden control and prevention. Prsv papaya ringspot virus is a plant disease more commonly found in warmer climates on papayas. Agricultural development in the american pacific project.
Pdf suppression of papaya ringspot virus infection in. Economic impact prsv occurs in most tropical and subtropical areas where papaya is grown usa, the carribbean countries, africa, india and taiwan in india 1st reported from mumbai and pune and occurs more in central india the incidence of prsv to the tune of 75 100% was. It seems that the first affects papaya and cucurbits, while the latter only infects. Be papaya is produced commercially in only two countries. In 1974, the disease was found in the wailuku area of. This map is for reference purposes only and the features depicted on it are approxim ate. In french polynesia, the virus has probably been on the islands of tahiti and moorea for.