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humanisingmen.bsky.social
The fight to save Cavendish bananas as farms fall to Panama disease #banana #tr4 #panamadisease
The fight to save Cavendish bananas as farms fall to Panama disease
Growers, researchers and plant breeders are looking for a genetically modified saviour for the world's most popular banana variety after the 11th detection of a soil-borne fungus in Queensland.
www.abc.net.au
September 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
humanisingmen.bsky.social
GM bananas could soon be for sale in Australia, but will people eat them? #QCAV4 #banana #panamadisease
GM bananas could soon be for sale in Australia, but will people eat them?
Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out crops around the world. Researchers hope it may be on our shelves by 2027.
www.abc.net.au
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
factrage.bsky.social
From Ecuador to Your Kitchen: The Fraught, Fascinating Journey of the World's Most Popular Fruit
#BananaSupplyChain #GlobalFood #LaborRights #Fairtrade #PanamaDisease #Ecuador #FactRage #FactRageNews

tglm.us/GcOTF
The Unseen Cost of Your Cheap Banana: Decoding the Global Banana Supply Chain’s Hidden Truths
The journey of a banana from Ecuador to the US reveals the complex, often hidden, realities of the global food supply chain, from labor rights to environmental threats.
tglm.us
August 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Nuestra guia para el diagnostico de #Fusarium Tropical Race 4 causal agent of #PanamaDisease

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#DrBanana #TR4
(PDF) Guía Andina Para el Diagnóstico de Fusarium Raza 4 Tropical (RT4) Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (syn. Fusarium odoratissimum) Agente Causal de la Marchitez por Fusarium en Musáceas (plátanos ...
PDF | Las actuales circunstancias que afronta el mundo y nuestra región andina a consecuenciadel COVID-19, demuestran que la agricultura es fundamental... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
At cell level! Just wow what do you think?

#Fusarium #panamadisease #DeBanana
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Hyphae of Fusarium Tropical Race 4 causal agent of Fusarium wilt #panamadisease colonizing #GrosMichel banana corm

#FusariumAsNeverSeenBefore

#Panamadisease #theotherpandemia #TR4 #fusariumwilt #SEM
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Continuing with our series #FusariumAsNeverSeenBefore

Hyphae of TR4 (F. oxysporum f.sp. cubense AKA F. odoratissimum). Sample was taken from a #banana rhizome 5 wai.

Which one do you prefer?

#Panamadisease #theotherpandemia #TR4 #DrBanana #fusariumwilt #SEM
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Look at this amazing #SEM capture of #Fusarium #TropicalRace4 causal agent of #PanamaDisease in #banana.

Hyphae emerges from a diseased plant. Inoculated in my lab.

From the series #FusariumAsNeverSeenBefore enjoy plant doctors

#TR4 #DrBanana
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Hyphae of #Fusarium #TropicalRace4 causal agent of Fusarium Wilt (#panamadisease) in #banana.

#SEM capture of a #Cavendish pseudostem. TR4 colonizing vascular tissue & piercing cells.

#FusariumAsNeverSeenBefore
#SEM #DrBanana
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
drbananagarcia.bsky.social
Here are some pictures of our collaboration with #eyeofscicence.

I got beautiful banana root tips, pseudostem and the fungus itself .

Inoculation experiment using Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4 aka F.odoratissimum. (3 hai)

ENJOY!
#Panamadisease
#SEM #DrBanana #fusariumasneverseenbefore
November 17, 2024 at 10:20 AM
globalvillageschool.org
Just a reminder that export bananas are disease-susceptible clones, and the Cavendish was once considered mid at best.

#monocropping #panamadisease #gobananas
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A map depicting 'El Pulpo", an octopus with tentacles reaching into all corners of Central America that was associated with the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita).
April 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
plantbiology.bsky.social
"Genetically modified banana approved by regulators for first time"

"Regulators in Australia and New Zealand have given the green light for farmers to grow a genetically modified banana"

via New Scienstist

www.newscientist.com/article/2417...

#PlantScience #Fusarium #PanamaDisease
Genetically modified banana approved by regulators for first time
Regulators in Australia and New Zealand have given the green light for farmers to grow a genetically modified banana resistant to a devastating fungal disease spreading worldwide
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2024 at 8:11 AM
somssich.bsky.social
"What We Can Learn From the Near-Death of the Banana"

Great article by Anna Kodé for Time Magazine. #Fusarium wilt (aka #PanamaDisease) has almost wiped out the banana before - and it's threatening to do it again!

time.com/5730790/bana...

#PlantScience #PlantPathology #GiveGenesAChance
What We Can Learn From the Near-Death of the Banana
Monocultures are a problem for more than just bananas
time.com
September 1, 2023 at 11:52 AM
somssich.bsky.social
"Banana appeal: Australia’s first genetically modified fruit sent for approval"

Australia is on it's way to protect itself from #PanamaDisease. Great news from down under.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#PlantScience #PlantPathology #FusariumOxysporum #GMOs #GiveGenesAChance
Banana appeal: Australia’s first genetically modified fruit sent for approval
Cavendish made to resist fungus threatening variety worldwide is seen as safety net for growers if industry wiped out
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2023 at 11:51 AM