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Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/colombia-confirms-dreaded-fungus-has-hit-its-banana-plantations Colombia has declared a national state of emergency following confirmation that a dread fungus has appeared in the country’s banana …
FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9132676/fyffes-release-statement-on-tr4-situation-in-latin-america/Fyffes released a statement in the form of a Q&A session on its website. In the statement, Fyffes addressed the TR4 situation in …
New Atlas https://newatlas.com/ai-app-banana-diseases/61017/
A new artificial intelligence (AI) app developed by researchers from Africa's Bioversity International led by Michael Selvaraj allows banana farmers to identify and combat outbreaks of pests …
FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9130328/colombia-75-ha-of-banana-eradicated-due-to-the-possible-presence-of-fusarium-r4t/On suspicion of the presence of the Fusarium fungus race 4 in Colombia, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA …
An innovative project in the Netherlands that grows greenhouse bananas in substrate rather than soil has shown excellent …
Laboratory Equipment https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/article/2019/05/climate-change-may-have-accelerated-banana-crop-disease
In the developing world, bananas are the seventh most important crop, with India, China and Brazil being crucial producers …
Three articles from ProMED that I seemed to have missed
1) STRIPE RUST, WHEAT - INDIA: (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) Source: JammuVirasat [edited] http://www.jammuvirasat.com/2019/04/12/the-yellow-rust-disease-of-wheat-severely-affects-the-entire-jammu-regions/