FreshPlaza https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2019/10/03/remarkable-breakthrough-chinese-breeders-release-tr4-resistant-banana-variety/

Chinese experts have recently released what they claim to be a new Cavendish-type variety of banana resistant to …

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FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9142228/panama-tr4-spreading-on-infected-farms-in-north-queensland/ 

Despite the rigid biosecurity measures in place throughout north Queensland banana farms, the dreaded Panama tropical race 4 is …

Cosmos https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/detecting-early-signs-of-banana-diseases

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 …

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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 …

FreshPlaza https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2019/07/30/pioneering-dutch-substrate-banana-project-moves-to-field-trials/

An innovative project in the Netherlands that grows greenhouse bananas in substrate rather than soil has shown excellent …