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No results found.Global banana production is seriously threatened by the re-emergence of a Fusarium Wilt. The disease, caused by the soil-borne fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) and also known as “Panama disease”, wiped out the Gros Michel banana industry in Central America and the Caribbean, in the mid-twentieth century. The effects of Foc Race 1 were overcome by a shift to resistant Cavendish cultivars, which are currently the source of 99% of banana exports. -
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGlobal programme on Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease 2017
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No results found.Fusarium wilt disease has been a major constraint to banana production for more than a century. FAO, Bioversity International, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the World Banana Forum are implementing The Global Programme on Prevention of Fusarium wilt (FW) disease of Banana. It is designed on three main fronts of action: preventing future outbreaks, managing existing cases, and strengthening international collaboration and coordination among institutions, researchers, governme nts and producers.
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