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  DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops

  An international consortium led by scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) has unravelled the DNA of Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the fungus that causes the much-feared black Sigatoka disease in bananas. The findings provide leads for increasing the sustainability of banana cultivation, for instance through the development of a resistant banana plant. The results were ...

  Aug. 11, 2016
  

  By Wageningen University and Research Centre

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  `Banana has a future after all`

  The banana has been severely affected by fungal diseases that can only be combated by using omore and more plant protection products. In the last century, the much-loved Gros Michel banana variety was wiped out as a result of Panama disease. But now the replacement variety Cavendish – available in every supermarket – is at risk. At his inauguration as professor by special appointment ...

  Sep. 21, 2017
  

  By Wageningen University and Research Centre

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  Global programme seeks to contain serious threat to the world’s bananas

  A fungus poses major risks to the world's banana production  and could cause vast commercial losses and even greater damage to the livelihoods of the 400 million people who rely on the world's most traded fruit as a staple food or source of income. FAO and its partners Bioversity International, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the World Banana Forum have launched a ...

  Oct. 18, 2017
  

  By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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  FAO urges countries to step up action against destructive banana disease

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of one of the world’s most destructive banana diseases, Fusarium wilt, which recently spread from Asia to Africa and the Middle East, and which has the potential to affect countries in Latin America. The ...

  Apr. 14, 2014
  

  By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)