Yelloway One is a new variety of banana that's edible and resistant to some key fungal diseases. It could help save the world ...

The successful field trial marks a significant breakthrough in the fight against Fusarium wilt. By focusing on parental improvement through mutation breeding, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre is developing a ...

We’ve been living in what BBC deems a “banana pandemic” for decades now as Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black Leaf Streak ...

Bananas are being infected by a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum TR4. This is not the first time a banana species has succumbed ...

The devastating impact of Fusarium wilt was historically seen in the 1950s when the Gros Michel banana variety, once the ...

Fungal diseases severely devastated the banana industry once in history and ... Cavendish varieties have shown little if any resistance against TR4. Growers are relying on temporary solutions ...

García-Bastidas, who completed his doctorate on TR4 at the University of Wageningen, describes the modern banana disease, which attacks the plants vascular system causing wilting and death ...

And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus that's now ravaging banana farms across ... of Cavendish that is resistant to TR4, but it was genetically modified.

García-Bastidas, who completed his doctorate on TR4 at the University of Wageningen, describes the modern banana disease, which attacks the plants vascular system causing wilting and death ...