Fig. 11. Papaya ringspot virus is as devastating today as it has always been for nontransgenic, PRSV susceptible varieties. Workers from the packing houses such as Tropical Hawaiian Products and Diamond Head Papaya help to educate contracted farmers about the need to cut down infected trees to help prevent further spread of the virus, but when trees are laden with fruit many farmers do not want to cut their trees. The orange paint marks the infected trees (A). Dennis Gonsalves and David Lee observe profound viral damage in a farmer’s field (B).

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