The devastating impact of Fusarium wilt was historically seen in the 1950s when the Gros Michel banana variety, once the ...

The successful field trial marks a significant breakthrough in the fight against Fusarium wilt. By focusing on parental improvement through mutation breeding, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre is developing a ...

Yelloway One is a new variety of banana that's edible and resistant to some key fungal diseases. It could help save the world ...

García-Bastidas, who completed his doctorate on TR4 at the University of Wageningen, describes the modern banana disease, which attacks the plants vascular system causing wilting and death ...

Bananas are a vital crop globally, but their yields are threatened by various diseases, particularly banana fusarium wilt ...

crop diversity could further reduce the fungus' virulence. Bananas are being infected by a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum TR4.

And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus that's now ravaging banana farms across the globe. Fernando: So now you can compare, this is Tropical Race 4 in a ...

a disease that causes banana leaves to sprout from the top of the plant stunting growth. The viral disease that spreads epidemically has devastated crop in central and southern Africa. The ...

One of the major production constraints to these crops is the banana black leaf streak disease (BLSD or black sigatoka), caused by the fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis. This disease poisons banana ...

Agronomists warn that the reluctance to adopt new technologies is not only affecting farmers' livelihoods but is also ...

García-Bastidas, who completed his doctorate on TR4 at the University of Wageningen, describes the modern banana disease, which attacks the plants vascular system causing wilting and death ...