Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is an aphid-transmitted banana disease that has been in Australia since 1913 and has been contained by biosecurity agencies to southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales. Badly affected ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 10, 2020
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Banana plantations in Yunnan Province account for over one-fifth of the total planted area of China, serving as a pillar industry for local farmers. However, hydrological threats caused by the rapid expansion of banana agriculture ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2020
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Humans began transporting and growing banana in Vanuatu 3000 years ago, a University of Otago scientist has discovered.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2020
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Biodegradable 'plastic' bags made out of banana plants sounds a bit...bananas, but a couple of UNSW researchers have found a way to do it, and it could solve two industrial waste problems in one.
Materials Science
Nov 29, 2019
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A new field test developed by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) for detecting Tropical Race 4 (TR4) – the Fusarium strain that causes the much-feared Panama disease in bananas—has tested positive in Colombia. The ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2019
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Climate change could negatively impact banana cultivation in some of the world's most important producing and exporting countries, a study has revealed.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2019
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It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructive fungus.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2019
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Artificial intelligence-powered tools are rapidly becoming more accessible, including for people in the more remote corners of the globe. This is good news for smallholder farmers, who can use handheld technologies to run ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2019
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Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows.
Ecology
May 6, 2019
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Panama disease, an infection that ravages banana plants, has been sweeping across Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The impact has been devastating. In the Philippines alone, losses have totalled US$400m. And the ...
Ecology
Apr 18, 2019
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