A field test that is faster and more practical than laboratory tests for detecting Tropical Race 4 (TR4) – the Fusarium strain that causes the much-feared Panama disease in bananas has been developed by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. [...]

A global threat is facing the production of Cavendish bananas following the outbreak of Fusarium disease and scientists are working on finding a gene that is resistant to the strain.

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an emergency project to help Latin American and Caribbean countries fight the spread of Furarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4).

Scientific support, early detection and international collaboration are key to beating the disease. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched an emergency project to curb major plant losses threatened by Fusarium wilt in a renewed effort to help [...]

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) ha puesto en marcha un proyecto de emergencia dentro de su Programa de Cooperación Técnica para ayudar a los países de América Latina y el Caribe a [...]

Under FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme, the project will work to fight the spread of Fusarium wilt, a fungal plant disease that can wipe out plantations of banana crops, upon which millions of people depend for their livelihoods.   FAO assistant chief and Regional Representative for Latin America and the [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an emergency project under its Technical Cooperation Programme to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the spread of Fusarium wilt, a fungal plant disease that [...]

Bananas may be the world’s favourite fruit, but plantations worldwide are increasingly under threat from a new fungus, which destroys banana plants threatening farmers’ livelihoods and the industry.

In the first seven months of 2019, the Philippines exported fresh bananas to the value of over US$ 1.13 billion, up over 55% compared to the same period in 2018, confirming the country’s position as the world’s number two exporter after Ecuador. [...]

Technicians from 11 countries attended the Regional Workshop of the International Plant Protection Convention in Antigua.