Fusarium Raza Tropical 4 (R4T) ha llegado a América Latina. Después de su primera detección en Asia hace más de 20 años, y su posterior traslado a África en 2013, finalmente llegó a América Latina. El 8 de agosto, el Instituto Colombiano [...]

News broke late last week that a fungal disease that kills Cavendish banana plants has been detected in Latin America for the first time.

Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) has arrived in Latin America. After its first detection in Asia more than 20 years ago, and its subsequent shift to Africa in 2013, it has finally arrived in Latin America. On August 8, the Colombian Institute [...]

Research undertaken at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries’ (DAF) Plant Biosecurity Laboratory supports previous Panama disease research that shows the disease does not infect the banana fruit.

Fyffes released a statement in the form of a Q&A session on its website. In the statement, Fyffes addressed the TR4 situation in Latin America, claiming none of their farms have been affected and informing the reader what the company [...]

A fungus that has wreaked havoc on banana plantations in the Eastern Hemisphere has, despite years of preventative efforts, arrived in the Americas.    

“Por medio de la cual se declara el estado de emergencia fitosanitaria en el territorio nacional por la presencia de la enfermedad conocida como Marchitez de las musáceas por Foc R4T”.

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has this week confirmed the presence of the banana disease Fusarium Wilt tropical race IV (TR4) in the country and has declared a national emergency with additional controls to mitigate the risk of contagion to other farms.

Soil-borne fungus may have been in Colombian soil 'several months at least', says scientist leading investigation.    

El ICA ha recibido confirmación de la presencia en la Guajira del Fusarium R4T, en un área limitada de 175 hectáreas, de las cuales a la fecha han sido ya erradicadas 168.5 hectáreas, como parte de las medidas que se [...]