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There’s a New Banana Coming to Stores That May Drastically Affect Supply
We’ve been living in what BBC deems a “banana pandemic” for decades now as Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black Leaf Streak ...
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Researchers develop first banana plant resistant to TR4 and black sigatoka
Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas. Professor of Phytopathology ...
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It’s time to try out profitable tissue-culture bananas
Sigatoka and Bacterial xanthomonas wilt (BXW). Banana weevils and nematodes are also common in crops planted from suckers. Furthermore, virus such as banana streak and bunchy top disease are also ...
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Fungal diseases cripple small banana farms
Fungal diseases, including the dreaded Fusarium wilt, wiped out half of banana plantations tilled by smallholder farmers in the Philippines, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...
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Additional funding sought for banana industry
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said that it is looking for additional funding to support banana production, which continues to be impacted by plant diseases. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu ...