The Cavendish banana (Musa acuminata), which accounts ... making this threat particularly worrying for the agri-food industry and global food security(New Scientist). TR4 is a modern variant ...

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 ...

Narrator: Ninety-nine percent of bananas exported to developed countries are just one group called the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus ...