The fruit grower found that papaya tree was ill, his leaves withered and his fruit twisted. Finally, the situation became very bad. Many papaya tree was cut into pieces, and papaya tree all over the world was affected. No matter how hard the researchers try, they can't seem to save papaya tree from falling. At the end of the 20th century, researchers used the advanced genetic technology at that time to successfully protect papaya tree from another virus. And successfully produced large and high-quality papaya. Since then, the transgenic papaya has been widely popularized in the world, and China has also introduced the transgenic papaya into the country, realizing large-scale industrial cultivation.
It can be said that if there is no transgenic technology, perhaps papaya will be extinct, and it is this technology that allows us to eat sweet papaya. First of all, the public opinion environment at that time was relatively relaxed, the Internet and the media were not as developed as they are now, and the public paid little attention to this aspect. They naturally accepted genetically modified papaya. At that time, people did not know that genetically modified papaya would have such a great impact. For fruit farmers, papaya has high yield and strong disease resistance. Papaya tree is much better than before, and everyone is very enthusiastic about planting. Imagine that if genetically modified papaya is introduced in the current public opinion environment, it is estimated that it will be sprayed to death by netizens.
It can be seen that the timing of introducing transgenic papaya is really good. Secondly, papaya is a relatively small fruit. Although it is also one of the "four major fruits in Lingnan", its fame and sales volume can't be compared with litchi, banana and pineapple at all, and people pay less attention to it. In addition, some fresh foods of papaya are relatively few, which are generally used for stewing milk, and the consumer groups are mainly female friends. For this part of consumers, papaya. And there is no other choice for the time being, so it is more tolerant. For consumers who don't like papaya, they have no interest in papaya, let alone a deep understanding, and it doesn't matter whether they are genetically modified or not.