Scientists fight deadly banana fungus

ENN
Feb 29, 2016, 7:11 am25 pts
Around the world, banana farmers are fighting a losing battle against Tropical Race 4, a soil fungus that kills Cavendish bananas, the only type grown for the international market. The disease was first spotted in the early 1990s in Malaysia, but has now started to wipe out crops in large parts of South-East…

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