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New Delhi, Oct. 23 The US life sciences major, Monsanto, on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) for a royalty-free transfer of ring spot virus (RSV) resistance technology in papaya.

The agreement was signed here by the Chairman of Monsanto India, Mr Sekhar Natarajan, and the Vice-Chancellor of TNAU, Dr C. Ramasamy in the presence of the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, and the Chairman of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), Dr Clive James.

The country annually produces around 25 lakh tonnes (lt) of papaya. RSV is considered a major pest, infecting the papaya crop at all stages of growth. When plants are infected at the seedling stage or within two months after planting, the trees do not produce mature fruit. If the trees are infected at a later stage, fruit production is reduced and quality suffers due to ring spots and decrease in sugar concentration.The technology developed by Monsanto involves transfer of a virus coat protein gene to the papaya.

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