Black leaf streak disease is a debilitating infection that for the last 50 years has been attacking plantain and banana plants ... Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the fungus responsible for black leaf ...

The fungus causes the banana plant to wilt ... The soils were infested and could not be replanted with banana trees. So, a new banana type called the Cavendish was developed.

The disease is caused by the soil-borne fungus, specifically the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain. TR4 infects the vascular system of the banana tree, blocking the transport of water and nutrients ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. The pathogenic fungus Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4), already widespread on several other continents, has been found for the first time infecting banana plants ...

The fungus, known as 'Panama disease,' only affects the plant and not the fruit, so it allegedly bears no risk to human health. A Colombian banana production farm near the Venezuelan border has ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has ... chosen by the burgeoning banana industry because it produces large, tasty fruit that can be cut from the tree unripe, making it possible ...

Fungal diseases, including the dreaded Fusarium wilt, wiped out half of banana plantations tilled by ... and applying tea tree oil to prevent Panama disease. “We have to train and give this ...