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 [...]

Con el propósito de mantener protegido el agro de América Latina y el Caribe, los ministros de Agricultura y jefes de delegación de esos países firman la “Declaración Regional de Autoridades Agropecuarias sobre FocR4T”, en el marco del Encuentro Regional [...]

Ante la preocupación por las sospechas del hongo Fusarium Raza 4 Tropical TR4 en Colombia, se realizó el "Encuentro Regional de Autoridades Agropecuarias" de diferentes países de Latinoamérica; con el fin de formar un frente común contra la enfermedad que [...]

Ecuadorean government spearheads efforts to create common front to combat the spread of the disease.

Latin American countries have joined forces to stop the spread of banana disease TR4, meeting on Monday in Ecuador.

Stakeholders of the banana industry, government agencies, agricultural partner organizations and the public are hereby informed of a notification of a suspected detection of Fusarium wilt of bananas in La Guajira Province in Colombia.

Panama TR4 remains contained to three Tully Valley farms four-and-a half years on from the initial detection. However, the disease has spread uphill and up-river within the infested farms, with nearly 60 plants confirmed positive since March 2015 (nearly 60 per cent [...]

Ѕtаkеhоldеrѕ оf thе bаnаnа іnduѕtrу, gоvеrnmеnt аgеnсіеѕ, аgrісulturаl раrtnеr оrgаnіzаtіоnѕ аnd thе рublіс аrе іnfоrmеd оf а ѕuѕресtеd dеtесtіоn оf Fuѕаrіum wіlt оf bаnаnаѕ іn Lа Guајіrа Рrоvіnсе іn Соlоmbіа.

The suspected entry of a virulent banana disease into Latin America has the potential to have a "drastic" effect on the region's exports over the next decade, according to the CEO of U.S based produce company Del Monte.