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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

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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…

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Tests confirm TR4 on suspect Tully Valley farm

Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne has today announced that a suspect Panama Tropical Race 4 detection on a Tully farm has returned a positive result. Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has advised the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) that vegetative compatibility group tests (biological testing) has conclusively…

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Growers’ e-bulletin – July 19, 2017

19 July, 2017 INDUSTRY UPDATE TR4 INFORMATION The ABGC Board has committed to providing regular updates via email to the industry throughout the current round of testing of suspect plant material found on a Tully farm last week. In terms of ongoing on-farm biosecurity management, the…