Researchers develop first banana plant resistant to TR4 and black sigatoka
Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of ...
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Researchers develop new banana strain that can withstand “bananocalypse”
The new hybrid is called Yelloway One, and Gert Kema, a professor at Wageningen University, views it as a major breakthrough ...
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First Resistant Banana Plant Developed in Disease Fight
Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black Sigatoka, two of ...
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Disease-resistant banana may change the future of farming
Scientists have successfully engineered Yelloway One, a banana plant resistant to two of the most destructive diseases.
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DA-Davao’s new laboratory to combat banana disease
DA-Davao is creating a laboratory to produce Trichoderma fungi, a biocontrol agent for Fusarium wilt in banana plants. The ...
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Banana Trees Actually Produce Bananas
Banana trees are not actually trees, but, nonetheless, some types deserve more credit for their ability to potentially ...
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Scientific breakthrough could save the banana from extinction
The banana could be saved from extinction after scientists ... Modern bananas are at high risk of disease and extinction because all Cavendish bananas are clones descended from a plant created in the ...
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The Original Banana Became Extinct In The 1960s Due To Something Called Panama Disease
Before the Cavendish, there was the original banana ... In the late 1800s, Panama disease showed up, spreading far and wide. The fungus causes the banana plant to wilt. It was named for the place ...
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DA XI to institute laboratory to combat threats to quality banana
Last 2022, DA XI was able to establish three units of Trichoderma Village-Level Biological Control (BioCon) Laboratory ...