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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/
New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2192461-virus-lurking-inside-banana-genome-has-been-destroyed-with-crispr/
Genome editing has been used to destroy a virus that lurks inside many of the bananas grown in Africa. Other teams are trying …
FoopdIngredientsFirst https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/diversifying-bananas-to-avoid-fungi-threat-first-sustainable-dutch-bananas-harvested.htm
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have grown the “first Dutch bananas” …