New banana disease to Africa found in Mozambique

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Publish date:

Fri 2013-Dec-13

Author:

Veronique Durroux

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Pests/diseases

Text (summary):

A destructive strain of a banana wilt disease has been discovered on Cavendish bananas in Mozambique. The disease, widely known as Foc TR4, is a form of Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. This fungus has devastated banana plantations in Asia over the past two decades. The African outbreak was discovered on a commercial farm in northern Mozambique earlier in 2013 with support from UEM (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane), and the responsible fungus subsequently identified at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The Ministry of Agriculture in Mozambique has announced this outbreak via the IPPC (International Plant Protection Convention) portal. Dr Serafina Mangana, Head of Mozambique’s national plant protection organization (NPPO), said that “the outbreak is limited to a few fields on the farm”.

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Locations
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Mozambique 18.25°S 35°E 0.902
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka 6.776°N 81.7076°E 0.219
Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Mozambique 25.9655°S 32.5832°E 0.215
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Original language:

English

Original title:

New banana disease to Africa found in Mozambique | RTB-CGIAR

Original text (summary):

A destructive strain of a banana wilt disease has been discovered on Cavendish bananas in Mozambique. The disease, widely known as Foc TR4, is a form of Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. This fungus has devastated banana plantations in Asia over the past two decades. The African outbreak was discovered on a commercial farm in northern Mozambique earlier in 2013 with support from UEM (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane), and the responsible fungus subsequently identified at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The Ministry of Agriculture in Mozambique has announced this outbreak via the IPPC (International Plant Protection Convention) portal. Dr Serafina Mangana, Head of Mozambique’s national plant protection organization (NPPO), said that “the outbreak is limited to a few fields on the farm”.