GM Papaya takes on ringspot virus and wins
Submitted by susan on Fri, 2008-04-25 11:31
If there is an example of a silver bullet among genetically modified (GM) crops, it would be virus-resistant papaya trees. They saved the papaya industry in Hawaii from devastation by the ringspot virus, a serious pathogen that deforms fruit and eventually kills conventional trees.
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