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PRO/PL> Panama disease TR4, banana – Australia: (QL) spread

Other Plant Disease -- AustraliaDespite rigid biosecurity measures throughout north Queensland banana farms, the dreaded Panama tropical race 4 is spreading within the infested farms. Since the initial detection [in Queensland; ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20150305.3208525] in 2015, there have been 3 farms with confirmed cases of TR4; however, the number of plants infected within those farms has increased to nearly 60, up from the initial 9 cases. On the infected properties, TR4 has Read more [...]