While a recent 25% tariff on papayas from Mexico was eliminated, local papaya growers and processors are monitoring the ...

In the 1980s, papaya farmers in Hawaii began detecting the first signs that their Rainbow papaya crop was facing mortal danger from ringspot virus. By the mid 1990s, the virus had spun out of control.

“It’s hard to get a job in Hawaii.” As protests against genetically modified food grow, the Rainbow papaya is frequently cited by scientists as a transgenic success story. Belmes’ farm was ...

Not to mention the fruit in the center of this year’s explosive GMO battle: papaya. For much of the last century, Hawaii’s papaya was a posh global delicacy. Exports boomed, especially to nearby Japan ...

Hawaii papayas are safe to eat despite a salmonella outbreak that has resulted in illnesses reported in eight other states, local officials say. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the ...

HONOLULU – Thousands of papaya trees were chopped down on 10 acres of Big Island farmland under the cover of night last month. Hawaii County police said the destruction appeared to be done with ...

Seed order forms are available from the University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service. The papaya is a relatively short-lived plant, reaching a height of 12, 15, or even 25 feet in five years.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The genetically modified Rainbow papaya has finally been approved for shipment to Japan. Hawaii papaya farmers hope this announcement will help their industry grow.

Academic scientists who have developed forms of papaya that can withstand the widespread, destructive ringspot virus are coming under fire in both Hawaii and Thailand.

A new supply of fresh papayas from Hawaii will reach grocery-store shelves in Japan this year and consumers have biotechnology to thank for it. The first “Rainbow” papayas--genetically ...

HONOLULUHONOLULU — Thousands of papaya trees were chopped down on 10 acres of Big Island farmland under the cover of night last month. Hawaii County police said the destruction appeared to be ...