Article: GM papaya trees fallen down in Thailand

Article: Greenpeace asks Thailand for strict ways of destroying GM papaya
Xinhua News Agency;  September 17, 2004 ;     365 words ......genetically modified (GM) papaya might spring back to...method of burying the papaya trees without separating...saying. Some 1,000 GM papaya trees were chopped down and...measures guaranteed the GM papaya trees' being fully destroyed...

Article: Greenpeace asks Thailand for strict ways of destroying GM papaya, XINHUA
Xinhua (China);  September 17, 2004 ;     401 words ......genetically modified (GM) papaya might spring back to...method of burying the papaya trees without separating...saying. Some 1,000 GM papaya trees were chopped down and...measures guaranteed the GM papaya trees' being fully destroyed...

Article: Thai government admits spread of GM papaya
Xinhua News Agency;  September 15, 2004 ;     264 words ...Thai government admits spread of GM papaya BANGKOK, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thai...has found genetically modified (GM) papaya on a farm in northeastern Khonkaen...Wednesday. The ministry discovered one GM papaya out of 239 analyzed samples, Agriculture...selected from 2,600 farmers who ...

Article: TN Agri Varsity plans to develop GM papaya seed by 2011.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 23, 2007 ;     259 words ...TN Agri Varsity plans to develop GM papaya seed by 2011 New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI...seed major Monsanto for developing a GM papaya seed, resistant to Ring Spot Virus (RSV...out estimates of the price at which the GM papaya seeds would be sold to farmers. They...

Article: 10,000 papaya trees felled
New Straits Times;  December 23, 2004 ;     243 words ......New Straits Times 12-23-2004 10,000 papaya trees felled Byline: Mimi Syed Yusof Edition...farmers have chopped down more than 10,000 papaya trees infected with the die-back disease at...soil-borne disease, which affects only papaya trees and is harmless to humans, are spread...

Article: BIOTECH TESTING: GMO push under fire, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  March 6, 2003 ;     428 words ......corporations, they said, adding that GM papaya would likely be the first such GM product...GMO-related affairs have tried to promote GM papaya among Thai farmers after dealing with...told us that the authorities said the GM papaya seeds had completed testing and were...

Article: Mealybug infestations threatening Maui papayas
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 11, 2004 ;     424 words ......severe papaya mealybug infestation on papaya trees or other plants is honey dew, which...of when than if" the bug will infest papaya trees of major growers, said Mach Fukada...garden six weeks ago, where 50 to 60 papaya trees grow. "We've been getting a lot of calls...

Article: GM papaya hints at changing attitudes
China Daily;  February 7, 2007 ;     230 words ......commercialization of genetically modified (GM) papaya in China late last year indicates that...commercialization in the past eight years. GM papaya is resistant to the papaya ring spot...seriously threatened the crop in China. "GM papaya is expected to bring significant benefits...

Article: Papayas not harmful as virus only affects fruits
New Straits Times;  March 26, 2001 ;     168 words ......residents and papaya grower in the district to destroy all papaya trees has resulted in many shunning the fruit completely. The Agriculture...safeguard the country's RM40 million papaya export industry. All papaya trees at residential areas and farms must be felled. Malaysia is...

Article: Order to stop growing papaya species plagued by disease
New Straits Times;  December 2, 2004 ;     380 words ......bacterial die-back disease has affected papaya trees in Kampung Baru Tanah Mas, Bidor, Perak...die-back disease had attacked hundreds of papaya trees covering some 10ha at three farms in...months. An overall check on 532.2ha of papaya trees in the region found that nearly 20 per...

Article: Farmers told to remove infected papaya trees
New Straits Times;  November 30, 2004 ;     383 words ......11-30-2004 Farmers told to remove infected papaya trees Byline: Mimi Syed Yusof Edition: Main...the end of this week to get rid of the papaya trees infected with the bacterial die-back...die-back disease had attacked hundreds of papaya trees covering some 10ha at three farms in...

Article: Papaya virus harmless to humans, animals
New Straits Times;  April 1, 2001 ;     211 words ......residents in Johor Baru were still required to chop down all papaya trees and decimate or pour weed-killer on the stumps to break the...department has destroyed 60ha of papaya plantations and 37,530 papaya trees in and around Pontian, Kota Tinggi, Kluang and Johor Baru...

Article: THAILAND: RIFT OVER GM PAPAYA SURFACES AT ENVIRONMENT PARLEY
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......north-east province of Khon Kaen planting GM papaya was the source of contamination for farms...research station and began removing the GM papaya fruit from trees and securing them in...minister," BioThai's Witoon told IPS. GM papaya is genetically engineered to be resistant...

Article: Destroying trees the only `effective way to beat papaya viruses'
New Straits Times;  July 14, 2007 ;     287 words ......stop two plant diseases that have been wreaking havoc on papaya trees in the state. Johor Agriculture Department director Adnan...attacked only jackfruit trees. However, it has turned to papaya trees in recent years. "On the other hand, the PRSV is an imported...