Two notable exceptions are the following: Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (Bt)-expressing poplar trees in China; and papaya trees expressing the viral coat protein gene of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV ...

Examples of crops in which PDR has been used in commercial agriculture include potato (for resistance to potato leaf roll virus, potato virus Y), papaya (papaya ringspot virus), squash ...

The disease, soybean severe stunt (SSS), may have been present in Delaware since 1964 as soybean plants exhibiting symptoms typical of SSSV were determined to be infected with the “bud-blight-strain” ...

There is a reason hibiscus plants are so popular: they are exotic, beautiful, and colorful. Follow these tips to care for ...

The National Agricultural Health Service of Peru (Senasa) established the phytosanitary requirements for importing blueberry ...

An example is genetically engineered papaya plants in Hawaii, which are resistant to papaya ringspot virus. In the future researchers are hoping to use genetic engineering to be able to overcome ...

Papayas in Hawaii were facing destruction from the Ringspot virus, a disease transmitted to the fruit by insects. To fix the problem, scientists added a harmless gene from the virus into the ...