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- noun A
symptom of variousviral infections inplants .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Malaysians are fortifying papaya against the devastating ringspot disease.
Crops With Attitude 2009
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Most Hawaiian papayas are GM, containing within themselves a vaccination-like genetic dose of the ringspot virus which decimates crops.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Most Hawaiian papayas are GM, containing within themselves a vaccination-like genetic dose of the ringspot virus which decimates crops.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Most Hawaiian papayas are GM, containing within themselves a vaccination-like genetic dose of the ringspot virus which decimates crops.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Brazilian agronomist Manoel Texeira engineered papayas to withstand ringspot virus, which causes $35 million in damages a year.
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Leaves of plants infected with Psophocarpus ringspot mosaic virus have light-green ring spots.
Chapter 7 1981
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Aphis craccivora can transmit Psophocarpus ringspot mosaic virus and therefore has a dual role as pest and vector.
Chapter 7 1981
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These include Psophocarpus necrotic mosaic virus, Psophocarpus ringspot mosaic virus, and leaf-curl and little-leaf of unknown etiology.
Chapter 7 1981
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In the early 1990s, Hawaii's papaya industry was facing disaster because of the deadly papaya ringspot virus.
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Today, 80 percent of Hawaiian papaya is genetically engineered, and there is still no conventional or organic method to control ringspot virus.
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