Climate change blamed for Costa Rica’s national banana emergency / News Briefs / More news / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times Details Alert sent: No Sites: PH Publish date: Thu 2013-Dec-12 Author: uknowispeaksense Channel: Pests/diseases Text (summary): Given my research background, I found this particularly interesting. It is only amatter of time before this sortof story becomes more and more prevalent, not just with insect pests but also fungal pathogens, viruses and phytoplasmas. The Australian banana industry, 90% of which is centred in a small area in north Queensland and 95% of which is comprised of one variety of banana (dwarf cavendish), is highly susceptible to climate-change induced changes in pest and disease phenology. Some of the threats are not as relatively benign as mealy bugs and scale as in the following story. For example, a mutation of Panama disease tropical race 4 has the potential to completely destroy the entire industry as nearly happened with the Gros Michel variety decades ago. It is only a matter of time before conditions are perfect and our border protection fails again. Climate change blamed for Costa Rica’s national banana emergency / News Briefs / More news / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times. About these ads Read more: uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com [English Locations Location Coordinates Zoom Relevance Show on map Costa Rica, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil 23.4167°S 54.65°W 0.947 Queensland, Australia 20°S 145°E 0.613 Discovery Discoveries: Discovery method: Robot discovered URL: http://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/climate-change-blamed-for-costa-ricas-national-bana… Original language: English Original title: Climate change blamed for Costa Rica’s national banana emergency / News Briefs / More news / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times | uknowispeaksense on WordPress.com Original text (summary): Given my research background, I found this particularly interesting. It is only amatter of time before this sortof story becomes more and more prevalent, not just with insect pests but also fungal pathogens, viruses and phytoplasmas. The Australian banana industry, 90% of which is centred in a small area in north Queensland and 95% of which is comprised of one variety of banana (dwarf cavendish), is highly susceptible to climate-change induced changes in pest and disease phenology. Some of the threats are not as relatively benign as mealy bugs and scale as in the following story. For example, a mutation of Panama disease tropical race 4 has the potential to completely destroy the entire industry as nearly happened with the Gros Michel variety decades ago. It is only a matter of time before conditions are perfect and our border protection fails again. Climate change blamed for Costa Rica’s national banana emergency / News Briefs / More news / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times. About these ads
