Banana disease poses threat to $25bn industry
Fusarium wilt, considered among the most destructive of all plant diseases, is spreading around the world
22 May 2020 - 11:13
Berlin/Lima — In the banana plantations of the tropical lowlands of Ecuador, workers are being issued with protective clothing and disinfectant is provided for their tools.
The safety precautions implemented in the farms that stretch between the Andes and the Pacific coast are not simply to guard against the coronavirus. They are a foretaste of what will be required to shield the valuable crop against another disease, one that poses an existential threat to a $25bn industry...
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