Other Plant Disease -- Australia
The biggest infection of banana bunchy top disease ever found by the National Bunchy Top Project has seen 7500 banana plants destroyed near Nimbin [New South Wales, North Coast region]. The plants were found on an old plantation and were largely covered or surrounded by weed and rainforest growth. Banana bunchy top disease in Australia is restricted to an area in northern NSW and South East Queensland.
Project leader David Peasley said the plants were in clumps scattered in very hilly
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