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Year: 2015

Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Biosecurity response tops $2m

The cost of the biosecurity response to TR4 has topped $2 million, according to a Queensland Government estimate. Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne said on April 27: “The Palaszczuk Government said from the outset that it would do everything possible to prevent Panama disease from…
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Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Lankesters shut the gate to Panama

Michael & Lisa Lankester grow 60 hectares of Lady Finger bananas and five hectares of trellised custard apples at Walkamin. The Lankesters took a number of steps to keep out Race 1 Panama disease, which was detected on a nearby Lady Finger farm not long…
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Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Selling more bananas

Australian Bananas’ new three-year marketing campaign will soon be launched. Horticulture Innovation Australia General Manager, Marketing Services David Chenu is overseeing the strategy and talks about what’s been achieved so far and what to expect next. Tell us about the work that’s happening to develop…
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Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Check on cane risks before harvest

The North Queensland cane industry has taken immediate action to minimise any risks posed to banana farms from cane operations following the detection of the soil-borne banana plant disease Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) on a Tully Valley banana farm. Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC)…
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21 May 2015

Series of shocks in TR4 fight

In the weeks since the fungal disease was first suspected on a Tully Valley farm on March 4 there have been a series of shocks for the banana industry. The suspected TR4 case was confirmed on March 15 in devastating news for the farm’s owners,…
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Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Williams versus the rest

South Johnstone field trials are rating the growing performance of new varieties, including two that were developed for TR4 resistance. Story by Jeff Daniells Two Cavendish varieties sourced from a Taiwanese research program developing TR4-resistant plants are among new varieties that have had their plant…
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Australian Bananas Magazine Magazine Articles
21 May 2015

Fences can’t push the boundaries

Fencing banana farms to keep out Panama TR4 is being supported by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council (CCRC) but growers are being asked to check that fences are going up within property boundaries. A Council spokesman has asked growers who are unsure of their exact…
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