Hundreds of millions of dollars in banana exports from Colombia are at risk due to a fungal disease best known as Tropical Race 4 (TR4). First detected in Asia in the 1990s, the Fusarium fungus ...

EXPERTS in Tanzania's banana industry have convened for a five-day meeting in Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, to draft a strategy ...

The banana equivalent to Covid-19 is spreading to new countries, forcing the industry to change how the world’s most widely eaten fruit is farmed and even how it could taste. Akiller disease ...

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 ...

There's a brand-new banana on the block that promises to be at least partially resistant to some of the most deadly diseases inflicting everyone's favorite yellow fruit. In late September ...

Panelists from China, India, and Vietnam speak about the threat the fungal disease poses on each country and the best ...

By the early 1900s, Mobile was one of the top banana importers in the nation, behind only New York and New Orleans.

Contribute to sustainable banana and cacao production by developing disease management systems The Philippines is a major producer of bananas for export, and is also focusing on cacao production. By ...

PHILIPPINE banana exports fell 2.97% in 2024, with the industry currently dealing with Fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. In its Banana ...

Despite the numerous difficulties faced by the local banana sector, the Philippines was able to maintain its status as the world’s second-largest exporter of the tropical fruit for the fourth ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past 30 years. But within the last decade the epidemic has suddenly accelerated, spreading from ...