Papaya trees are exceptionally easy to grow. Technically a large herbaceous plant rather than a true tree, they are resilient ...

In 2001, 3 years after the release of PRSV-resistant GM papaya plants, production was up to 40 million pounds. As an additional benefit, the GM papaya actually enabled the economic production of ...

Officials in South Africa, the world’s biggest exporter of citrus after Spain, discovered bud rot in commercial papaya ...

Officials in South Africa, the world’s biggest exporter of citrus after Spain, discovered bud rot in commercial papaya orchards in two provinces and warned farmers to exercise caution when moving ...

The National Plant Protection Organisation of South Africa (NPPOZA) confirmed the presence of P. palmivora in August 2024.