Language: English
Publication Year: 2020
Using the tools of biotechnology, Cornell University researcher Dennis Gonsalves, now retired, bred a papaya resistant to the destructive ringspot virus. It was the first genetically modified commercial crop developed by a public sector scientist, and it saved Hawaii’s papaya farmers from ruin. In this program, Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows discuss the GM papaya from three different perspectives. In this broadcast, Joni Kamia talks about the modified papaya's success on her family’s farm on Oahu, Luis Ventura explores its potential in Mexico and Guido Nunez-Mujica will shares its tragic tale in Venezuela.
Bt , GMO
Food Security
Agricultural Biotechnology , Agriculture
Papaya, Ringspot virus, GMO, Global, Commercial crop, Global
05 Nov 2020
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