Wednesday, 8 November 2017

PRO/PL> Panama disease TR4, banana - Laos, Viet Nam: 1st reps

Other Plant Disease -- Laos
Tropical Race 4 of Panama disease (TR4 of Fusarium wilt) is spreading to new localities in Asia and the Middle East, [due to] expansion of Cavendish banana production. The 1st incidences in Laos and Viet Nam have just been reported [see links below].
The 1st global campaign to address the disease has just been launched by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and partners [see link below]. Currently, the only [control] option are Cavendish variants bred in Taiwan,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2hkI1XT

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