2017 | Australian Banana Growers

Top gong for former ABGC Chair

Former Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) chair Doug Phillips received the highest accolade from the Australian banana industry during the 2017 Congress Banana Ball. Mr Phillips was the sole recipient of the ABGC Award of Honour, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the industry…

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Industry resilient in face of Panama disease

The discovery of a suspect second case of Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4) on a property in the Tully Valley was not ideal, but was not unexpected. Panama TR4 acting program leader Rhiannon Evans said that although Panama disease was extremely difficult to manage,…

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Identifying resistance to Fusarium wilt in wild seeded banana lines

Most banana varieties grown for consumption are seedless. In the wild, these varieties would not survive and it is only through propagation of corms and suckers or from tissue culture plantlets that bananas can be grown as a crop. This, however, leads to huge problems…

Panama Open Day 2017

Panama Open Day 2017

Congress Banana Ball 2017

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Growers’ e-bulletin – August 18, 2017

18 August, 2017 Biosecurity a focus of latest banana benchmarking Hort Innovation has commissioned the next round of benchmarking in the Australian banana industry with a major focus on biosecurity investment and strategies employed by growers. The collection of data for the past two financial…