This is the second time that papaya ringspot disease has occurred on maui. Kishore varma assistant professor, pjtsau, hyderabad 2. Papaya ringspot department of agriculture and fisheries. First records of the papaya strain of papaya ringspot.
Be papaya events 631 and x172 were never commercialized. This disease decimated papaya production in the 90s. This map is for reference purposes only and the features depicted on it are approxim ate. Pdf suppression of papaya ringspot virus infection in. Among eight tested transgenic lines, clone g2 was found highly resistant to virus infection during 3 years of testing. It seems that the first affects papaya and cucurbits, while the latter only infects. Pdf effect of papaya ringspot virus on growth, yield and. Agricultural development in the american pacific project. Media in category papaya ringspot virusthis category contains only the following file.
Prsv papaya ringspot virus is a plant disease more commonly found in warmer climates on papayas. In 1974, the disease was found in the wailuku area of. Infection was monitored by evaluating symptoms and by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction rtpcr. 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. All be papaya production in the united states is based on event 551. Papaya ringspot biosecurity zone 1 papaya ringspot biosecurity zone 2 papaya ringspot biosecurity zone map dis claimer. Neither the department, its o ficers or employees warrant or make any representations about the. 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. The papaya strain of papaya ringspot virus prsvp, the cause of papaya ringspot disease, was con. In french polynesia, the virus has probably been on the islands of tahiti and moorea for. Transgenic papayas carrying the papaya ringspot virus coat protein gene were inoculated with papaya ringspot virus.