Sentences with phrase «banana crops»

Over the years, he and his colleagues have produced multiple banana crops in the hothouse atrium.

The parasitic nematode Radopholus similis is the invisible nemesis of the banana plant, says Professor Dirk De Waele: «This roundworm infects banana crops worldwide.

Before farmers even knew what hit them, Panama disease had spread through most of the world's Gros Michel banana crops, wiping them out everywhere but in certain parts of Thailand, where small plantations are keeping the variety alive.

Its effects were first discovered way back in 1876, when a wilting disease was reported in Australian banana crops.

Within 50 years, the commercial banana crop of that era — the Gros Michel — was functionally extinct.

«Sequencing of fungal disease genomes may help prevent banana armageddon: DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops.»

The new findings could be used in breeding programs for banana crops to fight the dreaded Panama disease.

A field trial in Australia has shown that genetically modified banana trees can resist the deadly fungus that causes Panama disease, which has devastated banana crops in Asia, Africa, and Australia and is a major threat for banana growers in the Americas.

This fungus is incredibly efficient at infecting banana crops, and when it does, it's devastating.

Another day, another doomsday food prediction: Thanks to a nasty fungus, the world's banana crop could potentially be wiped out within a few decades.

To give you an example, the banana crops were destroyed a few months back by a cyclone and we didn't have any bananas for ages.

The structure was found in half of the triploid cultivar sub-groups tested, highlighting a substantial contribution of this new chromosome structure in banana crops.

Food production for export shifted from cattle farming toward high - yielding pineapple and banana crops.

I read a small article in a science journal about an incurable disease that - even though the general public hadn't heard of it - had the potential to destroy the world's banana crop.

India faces similar issues with its banana crop: the country grows 28 % of the world's bananas, but exports only 0.3 % because of waste along the supply chain.