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LA GUAJIRA, Colombia — 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. A disease that ...

Wilt is a common feature in those fields which is infested by this disease once and where crops are sown without rotation. The disease causes immense loss to crops. In most cases the farmers are ...

The crop is much more susceptible to diseases than to insects and pests. Many of the diseases affect the vascular system of banana and may be harmful for health. The recent cause of disease in ...

The UN warned yesterday of the potential “massive destruction” of the world’s $5 billion (R52bn) a year banana crop as a plant disease spreads from Asia to Africa and the Middle East.

WA grain production is shifting, with more land sown to wheat and canola and less to legumes and pastures, which has resulted in a corresponding increase in root diseases.

Banana crops are under threat from a deadly fungal disease Alice-Azania Jarvis looks into the rise - and potential fall - of Britain's favourite fruit Thursday 13 January 2011 01:00 GMT ...

Crops are being damaged from Angola through to Uganda - including many areas where bananas are a staple food. Experts are urging farmers to use pesticides or change to a resistant variety of banana ...

The banana is the world’s most popular fruit crop, with over 100 million metric tons produced annually in over 130 tropical and subtropical countries. Edible bananas are the result of a genetic ...

The impact of the disease on crop production can be significant. When it first emerged, whole plantations had to be abandoned. In the 1980s, many farmers had to stop production.