{"id":1783,"date":"2016-04-14T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/project4.pixelsenbytes.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2024-05-15T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:28:47","slug":"about-fusarium-wilt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fusariumwilt.org\/index.php\/en\/about-fusarium-wilt\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; module_id=&#8221;going-bananas&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IKRCIyhheBE&#8221; image_src=&#8221;\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IKRCIyhheBE\/hqdefault.jpg&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Going bananas video&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Arvo|||on|&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#595959&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;24&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Going Bananas?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Learn how we can save the banana&#8230; And why that is so important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you ate a banana? Have you ever considered what it might be like if the famous musical hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TIxgBZbHSkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Yes, we have no bananas&#8217;<\/a> was to become a reality?<\/p>\n<p>Such a scenario is not as unlikely as it may seem as the future of the world\u2019s favourite fruit is under serious threat. And not for the first time&#8230;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]In the first half of the 20th century, our parents and grandparents ate a delicious banana called Gros Michel, or Big Mike in colloquial terms. But in the 1950s a deadly strain of the fungus causing\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px;\">Fusarium Wilt<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Panama disease) wiped out almost all banana plantations in Central and South America.\u00a0Despite the best efforts of growers, this most flavourful of fruits became virtually extinct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the 1900s banana producers<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]across the world\u00a0switched to a different cultivar, the so-called the Cavendish. Although less tasty than Gros Michel, Cavendish was resistant to the type of Fusarium that was causing\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Fusarium Wilt<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, following enormous investments in infrastructural changes required to accommodate the Cavendish\u2019s different growing and ripening needs, the banana industry was saved.<\/p>\n<p>But not for ever\u2026<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]in the 1990s a new strain of the Fusarium fungus\u00a0appeared and began to spread. Originating in Taiwan, it soon reached other South East Asian countries such as China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines \u2013 and even northern Australia. 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border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Bananas<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;The worlds most favourite fruit crop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Verdana||||&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The worlds most favourite fruit crop<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;-30px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Fusarium Wilt (Panama disease)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0is not only a huge concern for the global export banana sector. It exerts an even greater impact on the domestic production of this staple crop as many locally preferred cultivars are also endangered, threatening the livelihoods of millions of smallholder producers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aboutfact1-c38431164430c2b04019579b5d815e07-1.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Banana is the fourth most important food crop&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_width=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">More than 100 billion bananas are consumed annually in the world, making it the fourth most important food crop after wheat, rice and corn, in the delevoping world.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/aboutfact2-dd76a68311ef60225887f1a2e8196fab-1.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;85% of the production is used for local consumption&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;10px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_width=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">85% of the world\u2019s banana production is used for local consumption, and only 15% is exported (mainly to the USA and Europe).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; 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background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit, with an average consumption of 11.9 kg per year, more bananas than apples and oranges combined.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Pacifico||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#dd3333&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/index.php\/en\/info-facts\/\">Learn more facts about bananas<\/a><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; 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custom_padding=&#8221;20px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;The Threat&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Arvo|||on|&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#595959&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;24&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>The Threat<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;The potential consequences of fusarium wilt&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Verdana||||&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The\u00a0potential consequences of Panama disease<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;-30px|||&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Nearly all commercial banana plants are clones. This makes the global banana cultivation extremely prone to disease epidemics \u2013 if one banana plant gets sick, other nearby plants can easily get contaminated.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]The economic damage of the first Panama epidemic in the 1950s was staggering (at least US $2.3 billion). The banana catastrophe wiped out the Gros Michel plantations and had devastating<br \/>\nconsequences for the livelihoods<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">of millions of banana workers and producers.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, a new strain of the Fusarium Wilt\u00a0fungus was discovered in Southeast Asia. This strain was called Tropicval Race 4 (TR4).<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since then, ten thousands of hectares of Cavendish plantations have been wiped out in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The damage caused by this second outbreak has already surpassed the US $400 million mark.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/art3A10.10072Fs12600-015-0470-5-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the 2015 publication about the appearance of TR4 in the Middle\u00a0East.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PanamaDisease-divider-1-1.jpg&#8221; 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custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;-30px|||&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>How can we save the banana?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Possibilities and research&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Verdana||||&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Possibilities and research<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;-30px|||&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The problems related to Fusarium wilt (Panama disease) are complicated:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #595959;\"><strong>Biology<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nQuite simply, despite the world\u2019s best efforts and major investments, scientists still don\u2019t know enough about the biology and genetics of the causative fungus; and the other challenge is the need for greater genetic diversity among banana cultivars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment<\/strong><br \/>\nThus, first and foremost, disease resistance is the best basis for a healthy banana. As long as we keep growing susceptible cultivars, this is labour lost in terms of disease control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human factor<\/strong><br \/>\nFusarium wilt\u00a0acts on different scales: Plant, field, farm, region, country and even continent. State-level &amp; international cooperation<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||10px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">and integrated\u00a0<\/span>research are indispensable to finding solutions in all of these domains and scales. This requires multilevel solutions, as well as concerted action on the part of all stakeholders as both smallholders and plantation owners suffer from the same problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<br \/>\n<\/strong>Researchers, commercial companies and government institutions are working together on crop protection, food security and innovation. This will help to manage the dissemination of the deadly Fusarium fungus and sustain the livelihoods of the millions of people who depend on the banana. world switched to a different cultivar, the so-called the Cavendish. 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spread the message&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Verdana||||&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Show your support &#038; spread the message<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;-30px|||&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; 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Anyone who has something with bananas: let the world know the banana needs help.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whether you are producing, selling, exporting, researching or just eating bananas, let the world know the banana needs help to survive.<\/span><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||-50px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.promusa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Promusa<\/a><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BananaLogo_400_01-1.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;World Banana Forum logo&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.fao.org\/economic\/worldbananaforum\/en\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;80px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px|||&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/economic\/worldbananaforum\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Banana Forum (FAO)<\/a><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2016-04-07-om-09.38.59-1.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Dan Koeppel book cover&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Banana-Fate-Fruit-Changed-World\/dp\/0452290082&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;60px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;40px|||&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Banana-Fate-Fruit-Changed-World\/dp\/0452290082\">The fate of the fruit that changed the world, Dan Koeppel<\/a><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fusariumwilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bananresearch-around-the-world-1.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Banana research networks around the world&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/banana-networks.org\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;140px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px|||&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\u00a0<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; 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