Papaya ringspot virus infects papaya and cucurbits systemically.  Symptoms on papaya are somewhat similar to those on cucurbits.  In papaya, leaves develop prominent mosaic and chlorosis on the leaf lamina, and water soaked oily streaks on the petioles and upper part of the trunk. 

Severe symptoms often include a distortion of young leaves which also result in the development of a shoestring appearance that resembles mite damage.  Trees that are infected at a young stage remain stunted and will not produce an economical crop.  Fruit from infected trees may have bumps similar to that observed on fruit of plants with boron deficiency and often have ‘ringspots’, which is the basis for the disease’s common name (Figure 1).  A severe PRSV isolate from Taiwan is also known to induce systemic necrosis and wilting along with mosaic and chlorosis.