In the early 20th century, banana plantations were exporting ... Currently, there are no pesticides or treatments that can stop Panama disease.

They hope that by exploiting this they can find a treatment ... of Panama Disease wiped out the previously dominant species, the Gros Michel, also known as the Big Mike. “The kind of banana ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past ... a lot like Covid-19 in that there is no treatment for it,” she says.

A fungal disease called Fusarium wilt or Panama disease nearly wiped out the Gros Michel and brought the global banana export industry to the brink of collapse. A soilborne pathogen was to blame ...

And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus that's now ravaging banana farms across the globe. Fernando: So now you can compare, this is Tropical Race 4 in a ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past ... a lot like Covid-19 in that there is no treatment for it,” she says.