Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas. Professor of Phytopathology ...

Bananas are one of the world's most important crops, but in recent decades, the plant has been severely affected by a devastating fungal disease known as Black Sigatoka. And the problem looks set to ...

Two Israeli companies announced this week they’ve come up with a solution to the troublesome Banana fungus known as Black Sigatoka: specialized banana strains that are resistant to the fungus. Evogene ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. 12 December 2013, Rome – FAO warns that without increased commitment to combat Black Sigatoka ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and in the Netherlands have discovered how a group of three closely related fungal pathogens have evolved into a lethal threat to the world's ...

A new variety of banana that is resistant to black Sigatoka and can be produced using organic and agro-ecological production methods is set to become commercially available in France. The banana ...

Sigatoka leaf streaks caused by Mycosphaerella spp. are the most destructive fungal diseases of bananas and plantains throughout the world. The disease is not well documented so far in Ethiopia though ...

Climate change has not only caused the rapid melting of the world's largest ice shelves and the endangerment of animal species, but it also has a huge impact on food. A new study conducted by ...

Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows. Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research ...

If you love a good banana, you had better make the most of them because they might not exist in five to 10 years. According to plant pathologist Ioannis Stergiopoulos, a fast-advancing disease ...