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.

GM bananas could soon be for sale in Australia, but will people eat them? #QCAV4 #banana #panamadisease

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.

From Ecuador to Your Kitchen: The Fraught, Fascinating Journey of the World's Most Popular Fruit
#BananaSupplyChain #GlobalFood #LaborRights #Fairtrade #PanamaDisease #Ecuador #FactRage #FactRageNews

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(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...

Nuestra guia para el diagnostico de #Fusarium Tropical Race 4 causal agent of #PanamaDisease

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#DrBanana #TR4

At cell level! Just wow what do you think?

#Fusarium #panamadisease #DeBanana

Hyphae of Fusarium Tropical Race 4 causal agent of Fusarium wilt #panamadisease colonizing #GrosMichel banana corm

#FusariumAsNeverSeenBefore

#Panamadisease #theotherpandemia #TR4 #fusariumwilt #SEM

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

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

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

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).

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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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

"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