Month: October 2015

Tracing and surveillance work is a priority for the current phase of the TR4 response with a focus on properties found to have links to the first infested property, TR4 Response Program Leader Rebecca Sapuppo said. “The aim of the surveillance program is to detect…

Panama Race 1 isn’t supposed to infect Cavendish banana plants. So why is it killing them in an Indian growing district? Dr Thangavelu (Thanga) Raman and Jeff Daniells report on Race 1 causing widespread disease in Cavendish and research into biological controls. It was in…

After 30 years in banana research, Maroochy-based Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior Principal Scientist Sharon Hamill has been part of banana science advances, including in tissue culture. Sharon answers our ten life-science questions. What got you interested in the banana industry? Working in…