Rome, 20 February 2023 – The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela officially informed the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat in late January the presence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4), a fungus that threatens bananas (Musaceae). Venezuela has since declared [...]

Identification, management strategies and impact assessment FAO, in collaboration with Stellenbosh University, organised a Regional training workshop on banana Fusarium wilt (Foc TR4) in Stellenbosch and Nelspruit, South Africa. Experts from Stellenbosch University, Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT and Instituto de [...]

Join the International Conference on Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease in Africa to be held 30 May , 31 May and 1 June 2022 (13:00- 16:00 Central African Time (GMT +2) REGISTER HERE The virtual conference on banana Fusarium wilt in Africa, jointly [...]

Join us for the upcoming webinar on TR4-Resistant Banana Varieties which will be held on Tuesday, 17 May 15:30-18:00 CEST. This webinar is part of a series of capacity building and awareness raising events organized by the World Banana Forum and its [...]

Join the IPPC Workshop Series: Fusarium TR4: Diagnostic, Surveillance, Inspection and Simulation Exercises which will be held on Thursday, 24 March 2022, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 and Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 11:00 -13:30 (CET) Introduction and spread of this pest should be contained and [...]

WBF TR4 Global Network - Webinar Series TR4-Resistant Banana Varieties: From Selection to Market Demand19 and 20 January 2022 | 15:30 -18:00 CEST  Video Recordings of the Event:1st Day | 2nd Day         Report of the Event:English | Spanish The webinars, co-organized by the WBF and FAO [...]

Theme The FAO conference will provide an update on the current situation of fusarium wilt of musaceae, tropical race 4. The event will cover several topics such the estimation of TR4 impact, biosecurity measures, surveillance, management and impact estimation methodologies. The [...]

The World Banana Forum and the FAO Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean invite you to join us for a Technical Webinar on: Addressing the Global Knowledge gap on Diagnostic tools, Protocols and their applications for Fusarium Wilt [...]

TR4 Global Network (TR4GN) materials published and available for download! Concrete solutions on how to effectively combat Fusarium TR4 - a destructive transboundary pest that devastates banana and plantain crops - are now available at your fingertips. Through the TR4GN initiative, the World [...]

The General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN), in an expanded meeting of the Andean Technical Committee for Agricultural Health - COTASA, with specialized regional and international organizations, agreed to articulate regional action against Fusarium Raza Tropical 4, which was [...]