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HMelendez
08-15-2019, 01:43 PM
A very heartbreaking and sad news..........




TR4 confirmed in Colombia as country declares "national emergency" | Banana Link (http://bananalink.org.uk/tr4-confirmed-colombia-country-declares-national-emergency)


https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/colombia-confirms-dreaded-fungus-has-hit-its-banana-plantations


Colombia removes TR4-affected banana plants (http://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/article/179263/colombia-removes-tr4-affected-banana-plants)


https://www.thepacker.com/article/updated-tr4-banana-disease-confirmed-colombia




There is more information online......







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Best day
08-15-2019, 05:04 PM
Bummer

pjkfarm
08-15-2019, 08:42 PM
This is more than an "Ouch!" How does one assure oneself that material we now get does not have it if it is expressed only after 3 - 4 years!!!
Means we will have to be extra careful of where we get material from... and where we send it to.

Nicolas Naranja
08-15-2019, 11:31 PM
Our grocery stores will be full of Goldfinger in 25 years and people will be talking about how good the Cavendish banana was.

beam2050
08-16-2019, 08:21 AM
Our grocery stores will be full of Goldfinger in 25 years and people will be talking about how good the Cavendish banana was.

:ha:,,,,,,,feel bad for the farmers :(

Christine1950
08-22-2019, 06:30 AM
I also feel very bad for all the farmers and people :(