Identification and detection of genetically modified papaya resistant to papaya ringspot virus strains in Thailand

Biol Pharm Bull. 2014;37(1):1-5. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00721. Epub 2013 Oct 29.

Abstract

Many lines of genetically modified (GM) papaya (Carica papaya Linnaeus) have been developed worldwide to resist infection from various strains of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). We found an unidentified and unauthorized GM papaya in imported processed papaya food. Transgenic vector construct that provides resistance to the PRSV strains isolated in Thailand was detected. An original and specific real-time polymerase chain reaction method was generated to qualitatively detect the PRSV-Thailand-resistant GM papaya.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Carica / genetics*
  • Carica / virology
  • DNA, Plant / analysis*
  • Disease Resistance / genetics*
  • Food, Genetically Modified
  • Fruit
  • Genetic Vectors*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Diseases* / genetics
  • Plant Diseases* / virology
  • Plant Viruses*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified* / genetics
  • Plants, Genetically Modified* / virology
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Thailand

Substances

  • DNA, Plant