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# Fusarium Wilt

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- [Webinar recording: Understanding of phylogeography of TR4](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2020/05/11/webinar-recording-understanding-of-phylogeography-of-tr4/) - Check out Prof Gert Kema's presentation during his webinar on the understanding of the phylogeography of TR4 on 30th of April 2020. He discussed the broad genetic potential of the crop for breeding as well as options for disease management to avoid a repetition of history. Back to News page
- [Tropical Race 4 now detected in Turkey](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/12/09/tropical-race-4-now-detected-in-turkey/) - Recently, the find of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropicalrace 4 in Cavendish bananas was reported for the first time. The fungus causes Fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease. Along Turkeys Mediterranean coast the Cavendish banana is a valuable agricultural crop. In 2018 banana plants in greenhouses showing severe wilt symptoms and collapse were
- [Current status of molecular diagnostic methods of TR4](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/12/06/current-status-of-molecular-diagnostic-methods-of-tr4/) - As keynote speaker Gert Kema took part in the 1st Global Fusarium Tropical Race 4 meeting themed “Threats and opportunities’. He talked about the current status of molecular diagnostic methods of TR4 and in particular whether Wageningen University & Research (WUR) can be an international diagnostic center. During the meeting he explained that diagnostics should
- [New field test detects banana fungus TR4 faster than ever](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/10/29/new-field-test-detects-banana-fungus-tr4-faster-than-ever/) - A field test that is faster and more practical than laboratory tests for detecting Tropical Race 4 (TR4) – the Fusarium strain that causes the much-feared Panama disease in bananas has been developed by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. This so-called LAMP test (from Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification assay) allows banana farmers and authorities to take immediate
- [First report of Panama disease in Cavendish bananas caused by TR4 in Colombia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/10/21/first-report-of-panama-disease-in-cavendish-bananas-caused-by-tr4-in-colombia/) - An international research team has scientifically confirmed the presence of the fungus Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Cavendish banana plants in Colombia. The findings are published in an open source article in the journal Plant Disease. Read more: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show-day/First-report-of-Panama-disease-in-Cavendish-bananas-caused-by-TR4-in-Colombia.htm Or check out the publication: https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-1922-PDN Back to News page
- [PhD managing Panama Disease in the Philippines](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/08/30/phd-managing-panama-disease-in-the-philippines/) - On 27 August 2019 Maricar Salacinas defended her PhD research at Wageningen University on Fusarium odoratissimum Tropical race 4 (TR4) in the Philippines. In this research she used molecular diagnostic tools to examine the spatial dispersal, epidemiology and management options of Panama disease in the banana belt of the Philippines. The research contributes to the
- [TR4 Global Network: knowledge hub for awareness and prevention disease spreading](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/08/26/tr4-global-network-knowledge-hub-for-awareness-and-prevention-disease-spreading/) - The World Banana Forum and FAO are establishing the TR4 Global Network (TR4GN), a leading platform for exchange and collaboration that aims at becoming a knowledge hub for awareness and prevention of the spread of the disease. TR4GN supports tools, information about technologies, capacity development materials, and any other material that may contribute to generating
- [Future of bananas in the Americas](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/08/21/future-of-bananas-in-the-americas/) - With the confirmation of the Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in bananas in Latin America, bananas will become scarcer and prices will rise. This will mostly impact the people for which the bananas are a fundamental source of nutrition. The analysis of banana plants and soil, and thereby confirming the presence of the TR4
- [Fusarium wilt TR4 may have reached Latin America](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/07/22/fusarium-wilt-tr4-may-have-reached-latin-america/) - In Colombia four plantations in northern Colombia have been quarantined because of suspected infection with Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4). This finding has yet to be confirmed. As can been seen in Asia, the extreme damaging banana disease can wipe out entire plantations. "So, we should take this extremely seriously," says Gert Kema, a
- [Australia stimulates tackling Panama disease](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/05/20/australia-stimulates-tackling-panama-disease/) - Australian’s Queensland government is attempting to restrict the spread of the destructive Panama disease TR4 in Australia. To tackle the spread of the disease, the government injected the Australian Banana Growers’ Council with AUD$12.1 million in funding, calling upon the banana industry to join in cost-sharing. In Australia, the disease was first discovered in 2015,
- [Wageningen Banana Day](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2014/10/14/974/) - El 18 de noviembre de 2014 tendrá lugar el Wageningen Banana Day (WBD). El profesor emérito Ivan Buddenhagen (UC-Davis, EE.UU.), uno de los científicos de renombre mundial en el cultivo de plátano, abrirá el evento, con una conferencia. Después del almuerzo se hará un recorrido, a pie, por los invernaderos de Wageningen UR y por
- [Panama disease research receives an extra boost through the donation from the Dioraphte Foundation](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/01/05/panama-disease-research-receives-an-extra-boost-through-the-donation-from-the-dioraphte-foundation-2/) - For the coming five years, Stichting Dioraphte is making available over 1.7 million Euros for the banana research of Wageningen UR. Part of this will be used for a research project which will start soon. The larger part of the sum will be used to fund a depth study within the current banana research. Boosting
- [Kids TV-program "Het Klokhuis" visits banana scientists in Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/02/16/kids-tv-program-het-klokhuis-visits-banana-scientists-in-wageningen/) - On Tuesday the 17th of February, the Dutch kids program “Het Klokhuis” will broadcast an item about the banana recorded in the greenhouses of Wageningen UR. TV-presenter Dolores and Dr. Gert Kema, teach the kids a lot about bananas and the impact of Panama disease and Black Sigatoka on global banana production. Watch the program
- [New PhD student studies the genes responsible for Panama disease resistance in banana](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/02/23/new-phd-student-studies-the-genes-responsible-for-panama-disease-resistance-in-banana-2/) - Since October 2014 a new PhD student from Indonesia, Fajarudin Ahmad, started at Wageningen University & Research centre to study the genes responsible for resistance to Panama disease. The program deals with segregating banana populations and state of the art cytogenetics techniques. Last October, Fajarudin started his research with crossing two wild diploid banana accessions
- [Kema visita las plantaciones de banano en China
](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/06/08/kema-visita-las-plantaciones-de-banano-en-china
/) - La semana pasada, Gert Kema, líder del grupo de investigación en banano de Wageningen UR, visitó China para discutir la situación actual del Mal de Panamá y las nuevas propuestas en cuanto a retrasar y evitar que se siga propagando aún más entre las plantaciones de banano. Junto con el profesor André Drenth, Universidad de
- [García estuvo presente en la V reunión técnica bananera de Colombia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/08/31/garcia-estuvo-presente-en-la-v-reunion-tecnica-bananera-de-colombia/) - Fernando García , estudiante de doctorado de la universidad y centro de investigación de Wageningen , visitó la ciudad de Santa Marta en Colombia como representante del equipo de investigación en banano en esta universidad. Fernando fue invitado por AUGURA, la asociación de bananeros de Colombia, para participar de la conferencia ofrecida los días 12
- [La amenaza de la enfermedad del Marchitez por Fusarium](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/11/18/la-amenaza-de-la-enfermedad-del-mal-de-panama/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEbwMV97lI En 2015 el Dr. Gert HJ Kema hizo imágenes aéreas de las plantaciones de banano en la región de Mindanao Davao, Filipinas; el corazón de la producción de banano Cavendish para el comercio de exportación. La raza Tropical 4 del devastador hongo patógeno Fusarium oxysporum f sp. cébense agente causal de la enfermedad de Panamá ha dejado sus cicatrices en el paisaje. Partes
- [Diseminación del Marchitez por Fusarium en banana en ocasionado por un solo clon del hongo Fusarium](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/11/23/diseminacion-del-mal-de-panama-en-banana-en-ocasionado-por-un-solo-clon-del-hongo-fusarium/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Los científicos de Wageningen UR (Universidad y Centro de Investigación) han demostrado que un solo clon del hongo Fusarium ataca bananas Cavendish en varios países distantes entre sí. Esto demuestra que esta cepa de Fusarium, también conocida como raza tropical 4, continua diseminándose a pesar de
- [Fernando Garcia-Bastidas en Santa Marta Colombia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/12/14/fernando-garcia-bastidas-en-santa-marta-colombia/) - El mes pasado, Fernando García-Bastidas fue conferencista internacional en el "I Coloquio Técnico Bananero: amenazas y retos del sector del bananero frente a la variabilidad y el cambio climático” llevado a cabo en Santa Marta, Colombia. La reunión fue organizada por Asbama (Asociación de Bananeros del Magdalena y La Guajira ) y el CIAT (Centro
- [Investigación en Marchitez por Fusarium en la televisión Alemana](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/01/12/investigacion-en-mal-de-panama-en-la-television-alemana/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_kYu5CiFNc En noviembre nuestro grupo recibió un equipo de la televisión Alemana en las instalaciones de la Universidad de Wageningen. Ellos también visitaron nuestros colaboradores en Indonesia y en Las Filipinas. El 5 de Enero de 2016 el programa Quarks & Co de WDR1, un canal de la televisión nacional, dedico un programa completo al
- [Corbana documentos](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/02/11/corbana-documentos/) - Corbana, la Corporación Bananera Nacional de Costa Rica, recientemente publicó algunos documentos que abordan el tema de Raza Tropical 4. Estos brindan algunas recomendaciones de acción que pueden ayudar a prevenir la rápida diseminación del hongo." Una seria amenaza para la producción de banano y otras musáceas en Costa Rica y el mundo.https://www.wageningenur.nl/upload_mm/4/a/9/33c847ca-786b-4c72-9b38-f89e073fdd69_Rotulo%201%20%28Tamano%20carta%29.pdf Señor trabajador
- [EQUIPO SE REUNE EN MIAMI](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/04/29/team-meeting-in-miami-2/) - Como reunión satélite en el Congreso Internacional del Banano de 2016 y reunión ACORBAT en Miami, Florida, el equipo de INREF se reunió en la Universidad de Florida y el Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Homestead, Florida, del 18 al 19 de abril de 2016. La reunión fue organizada por el Prof. Randy Ploetz, uno de
- [Asegurando el futuro de la fruta favorita del Reino Unido](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/05/25/asegurando-el-futuro-de-la-fruta-favorita-del-reino-unido/) - El concejo de investigación en Biotecnología y Ciencias biológicas (BBSRC) concedió un proyecto a la Universidad de Exeter con el fin de "Asegurar el futuro de la fruta favorita del Reino Unido". El Reino Unido depende en gran medida de las frutas y hortalizas importadas las cuales representan el ochenta por ciento del mercado, en
- [DNA del hongo del banano descifrado para una producción mas sostenible](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/08/20/black-sigatoka/) - DNA del hongo del banano descifrado para una producción mas sostenible Un consorcio internacional liderado por el Prof. Gert Kema de la Universidad de ha descifrado el ADN de Pseudocercospora fijiensis, el hongo que causa la terrible enfermedad de la Sigatoka negra en los bananos. Los resultados proporcionan pistas para aumentar la sostenibilidad del cultivo
- [Artículo:  “La conversación” cubierta por CNN](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/10/30/articulo-la-conversacion-cubierta-por-cnn/) - Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Profesor Asistente de Patología Vegetal, Universidad de California, Davis; André Drenth, Profesor de Agricultura y Ciencias de la Universidad de Queensland y Gert Kema, Profesor de Fitopatología de la Universidad de Wageningen, escribieron un artículo para 'The conversation', la plataforma de comunicación con 'Rigor académico y estilo periodístico'. Con el artículo, Ioannis, André
- [Pablo Chong Aguirre se gradúa en la Universidad de Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/11/10/pablo-chong-aguirre-se-gradua-en-la-universidad-de-wageningen/) - El lunes 31 de octubre de 2016 Pablo Chong Aguirre, originario de Ecuador, defendió con éxito su tesis doctoral sobre "El origen, la versatilidad y la distribución de la resistencia a los fungicidas azoles en el patógeno Pseudocercospora fijiensis de la Sigatoka negra del banano". Los profesores Pedro Crous y Gert Kema, los supervisores de
- [Proyecto de investigación KNAW-SPIN en el futuro del banano en Indonesia.](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/11/18/proyecto-de-investigacion-knaw-spin-en-el-futuro-del-banano-en-indonesia/) - El equipo de investigación indonesio-holandés investiga las condiciones sociales, agroecológicas y biológicas para conservar la diversidad de bananos. Las bananas están profundamente arraigados en el paisaje indonesio y forman un ingrediente esencial del menú diario de las personas en las ciudades y el campo. Parece impensable que desaparezcan los diversos usos del banano, como comer
- [Ministro de Agricultura de Costa Rica visitó la Universidad de Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/11/22/ministro-de-agricultura-de-costa-rica-visito-la-universidad-de-wageningen/) - El 21 de noviembre, el Ministro de Agricultura de Costa Rica, Dr. Luis Felipe Arauz, visitó el programa de banano de WUR. Gert Kema y Rafael Segura Mena candidato a PhD en el proyecto INREF y de la Corporación Bananera Nacional (Corbana), tuvieron el honor de explicar las investigaciones en curso sobre el banano con
- [Delegación diplomática visita La Universidad de Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/11/23/delegacion-diplomatica-visita-la-universidad-de-wageningen/) - Una importante delegación diplomática de Filipinas visitó la Universidad de Wageningen, así como varias empresas satélite con actividades importantes en Mindanao en noviembre 22. La delegación comprendía ..... Su interés era principalmente en investigación y desarrollo en banano y las tecnologías potenciales que pueden ser implementadas en Filipinas. Gert Kema incorporará varios ejemplos de impulso
- [GERT KEMA VIAJA ALREDEDOR DEL MUNDO](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2016/12/01/gert-kema-cruzo-el-globo/) - Gert Kema completó un programa intensivo de viajes durante el otoño de 2016. Gert Kema visitó varios reconocidos grupos de investigación en banana y discutió varios proyectos de investigación en curso y y nuevos posibles proyectos. Fernando García, estudiante de doctorado en el equipo de investigación de Gert Kema en el centro de investigación en
- [Uniendo fuerzas con  Rahan Meristem](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2017/01/15/uniendo-fuerzas-con-rahan-meristem/) - Rahan Meristem y el Centro de Investigación de la Universidad de Wageningen participan en un proyecto dirigido a identificar bananos del grupo Cavendish con resistencia a la enfermedad del mal de Panamá o la marchitez de Fusarium causada por Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense raza 4 tropical. Volver a la página de noticias
- [Nuevo sitio web](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2017/02/24/nuevo-sitio-web/) - Estamos orgullosos de presentar nuestro nuevo sitio web: www.fusariumwilt.org. Panamadisease.org se mantendrá accesible, pero hay un motivo serio para disociar el nombre de Panamá de la enfermedad en el banano. La principal razón sin embargo fue el mantenerse al día con los requisitos actuales para garantizar un futuro sitio web que también se puede ver en
- [El primer banana tipo Cavendish resistente al marchitamiento por Fusarium raza 4 tropical](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2017/11/22/el-primer-banana-tipo-cavendish-resistente-al-marchitamiento-por-fusarium-raza-4-tropical/) - Investigadores de la Universidad Tecnológica de Queensland en Brisbane, Australia, han diseñado bananos Cavendish modificados genéticamente con resistencia a la devastadora enfermedad. Esta enfermedad es causada por el hongo Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense raza 4 tropical (TR4) y también se conoce como marchitez por Fusarium del banano. Científicos de la Universidad e Investigación de Wageningen
- [Cavendish transgénico en las noticias](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2017/12/04/cavendish-transgenico-en-las-noticias/) - https://youtu.be/QMcNDpZvJVU La gran noticia del primer banano transgénico Cavendish resistente a TR4 ha llegado a la prensa. En los Países Bajos, uno de los principales canales de noticias nacionales (NOS) hizo un artículo para su sitio web. Fernando García-Bastidas, uno de los investigadores en el área de mejoramiento genético y fitopatología en banano de la
- [La ministra Sigrid kaag visitó la Universidad de Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/01/15/visita-del-ministro-sigrid-kaag-a-wur/) - Sigrid Kaag, Ministra de Comercio Exterior y Cooperación para el Desarrollo, visito Unifarm en Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Fue recibida por Louise O. Fresco, presidenta de WUR y el profesor Gert Kema. La ministra fue recibida por Gert Kema quien ofreció un tour a través de los invernaderos . El profesor explico todo lo
- [Nuevas pistas sobre los mecanismos  que hacen que la Sigatoka Negra sea menos sensible a productos químicos de protección de cultivos](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/02/13/nuevas-pistas-sobre-los-mecanismos-que-hacen-que-la-sigatoka-negra-sea-menos-sensible-a-productos-quimicos-de-proteccion-de-cultivos/) - Un equipo internacional de científicos dirigido por Wageningen University E Investigacion ha descubierto un nuevo mecanismo genético que hace que el notorio hongo de la Sigatoka negra sea menos sensible a los principales productos químicos de protección de cultivos utilizados contra la enfermedad. El descubrimiento arroja luz sobre esta sensibilidad cada vez más reducida y
- [National Geographic visita la Universidad de Wageningen](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/02/28/national-geographic-visita-la-universidad-de-wageningen/) - El 24 de enero, National Geographic visitó WUR y filmó durante un curso que el profesor Kema está impartiendo en “ Frontiers in Medical and Veterinary Biology”. National Geographic Estaba particularmente interesado en la investigación del banano y visitaron las instalaciones de Unifarm para filmar ensayos en curso y experimentos de estudiantes. Las imágenes serán
- [La secreta vida sexual del hongo extiende el valor del trigo resistente para la producción de alimentos](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/03/15/la-secreta-vida-sexual-del-hongo-extiende-el-valor-del-trigo-resistente-para-la-produccion-de-alimentos/) - Kema y colaboradores publicaron recientemente un artículo en la prestigiosa revista Nature Genetics sobre la vida sexual de Zymoseptoria tritici, el agente causal de la mancha de septoria tritici en el trigo, la enfermedad más importante del trigo en Europa y África del Norte (Nature Genetics 50, 375- 380, doi: 10.1038 / s41588-018-0052-9). Los investigadores
- [“Frontiers in Plant Science” abre una nueva sección dedicada al Mal de Panama del banano](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/04/09/frontiers-in-plant-science-abre-una-nueva-seccion-dedicada-al-mal-de-panama-del-banano/) - La visibilidad de la investigación sobre la enfermedad del mal de Panamá en Wageningen ha resultado en la sección: "La enfermedad de Panamá del banano, una amenaza recurrente para la producción mundial de plátano", un tema de investigación en “Frontiers in plant science”, una de las principales revistas de patología vegetal, https://www.frontiersin .org / research-topics
- [Inauguración Prof. Gert Kema](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/04/28/inauguracion-prof-gert-kema/) - El banano se ha visto gravemente afectado por enfermedades fúngicas que solo se pueden combatir utilizando cada vez más productos fitosanitarios. En el siglo pasado, la muy amada variedad de banano conocida como Gros Michel fue aniquilada como resultado de la enfermedad del Mal de Panamá. Pero ahora la variedad de reemplazo Cavendish, disponible en
- [Einar Martínez de la Parte se une al equipo de Wageningen - Banana](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/05/01/elijar-martinez-de-la-parte-se-une-al-equipo-de-wageningen-banana/) - Desde el 21 de noviembre de 2017 Einar Martínez, del Instituto de Investigaciones en Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba, comenzó su proyecto de doctorado sobre la enfermedad de Panamá en el banano. En Cuba, se cultivan más de 179,000 ha de bananos y plátanos, que se utilizan principalmente como alimento básico. Su investigación se centrará en
- [Progreso INREF y KNAW-SPIN](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/05/28/progreso-inref-y-knaw-spin/) - ¡Todos los estudiantes están escribiendo sus libros de doctorado! Por lo tanto, estamos en tiempo de cosecha. Esperamos docenas de nuevos y emocionantes artículos que avanzarán y juntos formarán una base sólida para una nueva fase en la investigación de la enfermedad de Panamá. Jaye de la Cruz, primera estudiante de doctorado de INREF graduada
- [Secuenciación del genoma de la Sigatoka](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/06/08/secuenciacion-del-genoma-de-la-sigatoka/) - El pasado 6 de junio la mexicana Caucasella Díaz, defendió su tesis doctoral titulada "Genética y genómica funcional del patógeno de la Sigatoka negra del banano Pseudocercospora fijiensis" el evento se realizó en La universidad de Wageningen Su tesis describe la finalización de la secuenciación del genoma de este hongo devastador que amenaza las exportaciones
- [¿Cómo podemos proteger la banana?](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/08/21/como-podemos-proteger-la-banana/) - El Revista de Ciencias Biomédicas para Adolescentes ha puesto la investigación en la enfermedad de la Sigatoka negra del banano en el punto de mira. La enfermedad está amenazando los cultivos comerciales de banano Cavendish en todo el mundo, debido principalmente a que el hongo es capaz de generar resistencia contra los químicos que se
- [Nueva publicación  acerca de cómo mejorar el cultivo de banano](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2018/11/06/nueva-publicacion-acerca-de-como-mejorar-el-cultivo-de-banano/) - Investigación reciente sobre cómo mejorar el cultivo de banano se incluye en la nueva publicación “logrando un cultivo de banano sostenible volumen 1”. La comunidad científica, así como los productores de bananos, encontrarán información sobre los desafíos actuales en la producción de banano y el mejoramiento de la cadena productiva, desde la propagación hasta la cosecha,
- [Wageningen Banana day](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2014/10/14/wageningen-banana-day/) - On November 18, the Wageningen Banana Day (WBD) will be organized. Professor Emeritus Ivan Buddenhagen (UC-Davis, USA), one of world’s renowned banana scientists opens the event with a keynote lecture. After lunch, a walking tour is organized to the Wageningen UR greenhouses and the Food & Biobased Research banana transportation/ripening test facility. At 3:00 pm
- [PANAMA DISEASE RESEARCH RECEIVES AN EXTRA BOOST THROUGH THE DONATION FROM THE DIORAPHTE FOUNDATION](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/01/05/panama-disease-research-receives-an-extra-boost-through-the-donation-from-the-dioraphte-foundation/) - For the coming five years, Stichting Dioraphte is making available over 1.7 million Euros for the banana research of Wageningen UR. Part of this will be used for a research project which will start soon. The larger part of the sum will be used to fund a depth study within the current banana research. Boosting
- [KIDS TV-PROGRAM "HET KLOKHUIS" VISITS BANANA SCIENTISTS IN WAGENINGEN](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/02/16/872/) - On Tuesday the 17th of February, the Dutch kids program “Het Klokhuis” will broadcast an item about the banana recorded in the greenhouses of Wageningen UR. TV-presenter Dolores and Dr. Gert Kema, teach the kids a lot about bananas and the impact of Panama disease and Black Sigatoka on global banana production. Watch the program
- [NEW PHD STUDENT STUDIES THE GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR PANAMA DISEASE RESISTANCE IN BANANA](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/02/23/new-phd-student-studies-the-genes-responsible-for-panama-disease-resistance-in-banana/) - Since October 2014 a new PhD student from Indonesia, Fajarudin Ahmad, started at Wageningen University & Research centre to study the genes responsible for resistance to Panama disease. The program deals with segregating banana populations and state of the art cytogenetics techniques. Last October, Fajarudin started his research with crossing two wild diploid banana accessions
- [PANAMA DISEASE OUTBREAK IN AUSTRALIA](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/04/23/panama-disease-outbreak-in-australia/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPpPeTGESE In Australia, in March 2015, the first outbreaks of Panama disease in banana plantations were reported. Farmers, authorities and other organisations work together to limit the spreading of this devastating banana disease to other plantations in the country. Biosecurity Queensland launched a useful movie with advice about how to protect banana farms against Panama
- [KEMA VISITS BANANA PLANTATIONS IN CHINA](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/06/08/kema-visits-banana-plantations-in-china/) - In May, Gert Kema, group leader of the banana research group of Wageningen UR, visited China to discuss the current Panama disease situation and new ways to slow down and prevent further spreading among Chinese banana plantations. Together with Prof. André Drenth, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, who leads the Banana Plant Protection Program, he
- [UNDERSTANDING THE DISSEMINATION OF PANAMA DISEASE IN THE PHILIPPINES](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/08/17/understanding-the-dissemination-of-panama-disease-in-the-philippines/) - Maricar Salacinas, PhD student at Wageningen UR, works since two years on the understanding of the dissemination of Panama disease (or TR4) and the efficacy of current methodologies that are used to prevent further spreading of TR4 in the Philippines. Salacinas: “In the last two years, my work concentrated on the analyses of numerous soil
- [GARCÍA JOINED THE 5TH TECHNICAL BANANA MEETING OF COLOMBIA](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/08/31/garcia-joined-the-5th-technical-banana-meeting-of-colombia/) - Fernando García, PhD student at Wageningen University and Research centre, visited the city of Santa Marta in Colombia as a representative of the banana research team of Wageningen UR.AUGURA, the national banana producer organization of Colombia, invited him from August 12-14 to join a conference with the banana sector and discuss the ongoing banana research,
- [ON EXPEDITION IN INDONESIA TO COLLECT FUSARIUM SAMPLES FROM INDIGENOUS BANANAS](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/08/31/on-expedition-in-indonesia-to-collect-fusarium-samples-from-indigenous-bananas/) - Finding wild banana accessions infected with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) causing Fusarium wilt of Panama disease in the tropical rain forest. That’s the goal of the second expedition PhD student Nani Maryani Martawi is conducting now in the Eastern Indonesian islands Papua, Sulawesi and Flores. Maryani: After my first expedition last summer in Borneo
- [Panama disease research on German TV channel](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/01/12/panama-disease-research-german-tv/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_kYu5CiFNc In November 2015 we received a German TV crew at WUR who also visited our partners in Indonesia and the Philippines. On 5 January 2016 the TV program Quarks & Co of WDR1, a national TV channel in Germany, devoted a full broadcast to bananas. The threat of fungal diseases was beautifully covered. We expect that millions of
- [Corbana publishes documents on TR4](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/02/11/corbana-publishes-documents-on-tr4/) - Corbana, the National banana corporation of Costa Rica, recently has published some Spanish documents that address the Tropical Race 4 issue. These aim to raise awareness of the recommendations that can help to prevent the rapid spreading of the disease. “A serious treat for the global banana and other Musa species production in Costa Rica
- [Fernando Garcia-Bastidas in Santa Marta Colombia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/04/21/fernando-garcia-bastidas-in-santa-marta-colombia/) - Last month Fernando Garcia-Bastidas was international speaker at the "I technical banana Colloquium: threats and challenges of the Banana sector facing variability and climate change” in Santa Marta Colombia. The meeting was organised by Asbama ( Asociación de Bananeros del Magdalena y la Guajira) and CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical). Fernando was invited to
- [Disseminating Panama Disease in banana caused by one single clone of the Fusarium fungus](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/04/21/disseminating-panama-disease-in-banana-caused-by-one-single-clone-of-the-fusarium-fungus/) - Scientists at Wageningen UR have demonstrated that the same clone of the Fusarium fungus is infecting Cavendish bananas in several countries dotted across the globe. This shows that this Fusarium clone, also known as Tropical Race 4, is continuing to spread despite the quarantine measures, with disastrous results for banana growers. The results from the
- [Team meeting in Miami](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/04/29/team-meeting-in-miami/) - As a satellite meeting to the 2016 International Banana Congress & ACORBOAT meeting in Miami, Florida, the INREF team met at the University of Florida and Tropical Research Center, Homestead, Florida, April 18-19 2016. The meeting was organized by Prof. Dr. Randy Ploetz, one of the members of the External Advisory Board (EAB) of the
- [The threat of Panama Disease](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/05/02/the-threat-of-panama-disease/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEbwMV97lI In 2015 Dr Gert HJ Kema made aerial images of banana plantations in the Davao region of Mindanao, the Philippines; the heart of commercial Cavendish banana production for the export trade. The Tropical Race 4 lineage of the devastating fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense that causes Panama disease has left its scars
- [Securing the future of the UK's favourite fruit](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/05/25/securing-the-future-of-the-uks-favourite-fruit/) - The British Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) granted a project to the University of Exeter on “Securing the future of the UK's favourite fruit”. The UK is highly dependent on imported fruit and vegetables that make up eighty per cent of the market, compared with half of cereals and one sixth of meat
- [DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/08/20/dna-banana-fungus-unravelled/) - DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops. An international consortium led by Prof. Gert Kema from Wageningen University and Research has unravelled the DNA of Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the fungus that causes the dreadful black Sigatoka disease in bananas. The findings provide leads for increasing the sustainability of banana cultivation. For instance through the development
- [Article on The conversation covered by CNN](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/10/30/cnn-covers-article-on-the-conversation/) - Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis; André Drenth, Professor of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland and Gert Kema, Special Professor of Phytopathology, Wageningen University wrote an article for 'The conversation', the communication platform with ‘Academic rigour & journalistic flair’. With the article, Ioannis, André and Gert try
- [Pablo Chong Aguirre graduates at Wageningen University and Research](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/11/10/pablo-chong-aguirre-graduates-at-wageningen-ur/) - On Monday 31 October 2016 Pablo Chong Aguirre, originating from Ecuador, successfully defended his PhD thesis on “The origin, versatility and distribution of azole fungicide resistance in the banana black Sigatoka pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis”. Professors Pedro Crous and Gert Kema, Pablo’s supervisors, proudly presented the diploma to Pablo. The research papers from Pablo’s thesis are
- [KNAW-SPIN research on the future of Indonesian bananas](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/11/18/knaw-spin-research-on-the-future-of-indonesian-bananas/) - The Indonesian-Dutch research team investigates social, agro-ecological and biological conditions for conserving diversity of bananas. Bananas are deep-rooted in the Indonesian landscape and form an essential ingredient of the daily menu of people in cities and villages. It seems unthinkable that the various uses of bananas, such as eating or sharing fresh bananas, selling bunches
- [Minister of Agriculture of Costa Rica visited Wageningen University and Research](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/11/22/minister-of-agriculture-of-costa-rica-visited-wageningen-university-and-research/) - On 21 November Mr. Luis Felipe Arauz, Minister of Agriculture of Costa Rica visited the banana program at WUR. Gert Kema and Rafael Segura Mena, INREF sandwich PhD from the national banana coporation of Costa Rica (Corbana), had the honour to explain ongoing banana research with a focus on Panama disease and black Sigatoka. The
- [Visit from the Philippines](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/11/23/visit-from-the-philippines/) - A high diplomatic delegation from the Philippines visited Wageningen University and Research as well as several spin-off companies with major activities in Mindanao on November 22. The delegation comprised of Arnel V. de Mesa (National Deputy Project Director, Philippine Rural Development Project, Philippine Department of Agriculture), Marjorie Grace Rafols (Project Development Associate, Philippine Rural Development
- [Gert Kema crossed the globe](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2016/12/01/gert-kema-crossed-the-globe/) - During the autumn of 2016 Gert Kema visited several important banana research teams and banana production regions and discussed many ongoing and new research projects around the globe. Philippines Kema visited the Philippines from September 26-October 1 where he worked with PhD student Maricar Salacinas, and various INREF partners to start a field trial on
- [Project together with Rahan Meristem](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2017/01/15/project-together-with-rahan-meristem/) - Rahan Meristem, and Wageningen University & Research have engaged into a project targeting at identifying Cavendish bananas with improved resistance to Panama disease or Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. Rahan Meristem is an agro-biotechnology company with more than 30 years of experience in plant propagation and breeding. They produce millions
- [New website](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2017/02/24/new-website/) - We are proud to present our new website: www.fusariumwilt.org . Panamadisease.org will maintain accessible, but there is a serious plea to dissociate the name Panama from the disease in banana. The main reason, though was to keep up with the current requirements to ensure a future proof site that can also be viewed on mobile devices. The
- [World-first Panama disease-resistant Cavendish bananas](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2017/11/21/world-first-panama-disease-resistant-cavendish-bananas/) - Researchers from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, have designed genetically modified Cavendish bananas with resistance to the devastating soil-borne Panama disease. This disease is caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (TR4) and also known as Fusarium wilt of banana. Scientists from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands
- [Transgenic Cavendish in the news](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2017/12/04/transgenic-cavendish-news/) - https://youtu.be/QMcNDpZvJVU The big news of the first transgenic Cavendish banana resistant to TR4 has reached the press. In the Netherlands one of the main national news channels (NOS) made an item for their website. Fernando Garcia Bastidas, one of the banana researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, explains about the breakthrough
- [Kema and Ordonez spoke on the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/08/17/kema-and-ordonez-spoke-on-the-annual-meeting-of-the-american-phytopathological-society/) - At the beginning of August, Gert Kema was invited to kick-off a special session titled “Banana Production at the Crossroad: Impact of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4” at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. He spoke about detection, identification, and the epidemiology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, tropical race 4. Other speakers included Dr. Gus Molina, Bioversity International and Prof. Randy
- [Wageningen scientists participate in Colombian Banana forum 2017](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2017/12/07/wageningen-scientists-participate-colombian-banana-forum-2017/) - November 2017 Gert Kema and Fernando Garcia Bastidas gave a presentation at the III Colombian Banana forum 2017. About Sustainable Production: Challenges and Opportunities of the Colombian banana sector. The meeting was organised by the ASBAMA: Asociacion de Bananeros del Magdalena y la Guajira. Meeting Gert and Fernando were invited to the meeting to
- [Minister Sigrid Kaag visit to WUR](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/01/15/minister-sigrid-kaag-visit-to-wur/) - Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, has visited Unifarm at Wageningen University & Research (WUR). She was received by Louise O. Fresco, chairman of WUR and professor Gert Kema. The minister was shown around in the greenhouses of the Unifarm Greenhouse facility. Professor Kema informed her about the panama disease in
- [New insight into mechanism making Black Sigatoka fungus less sensitive to crop protection](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/02/13/new-insight-black-sigatoka-fungus/) - An international team of scientists led by Wageningen University & Research has discovered a new genetic mechanism that makes the notorious Black Sigatoka fungus less sensitive to the main chemical crop protection products used against the disease. The discovery shines light on this increasingly reduced sensitivity and underlines the importance of developing banana varieties resistant
- [National Geographic visits Wageningen University and Research](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/02/28/national-geographic-visits-wageningen/) - On January 24, National Geographic visited WUR and filmed during a course that Prof. Kema is teaching on Frontiers in Medical and Veterinary Biology. They were particularly interested in banana research and visited the Unifarm Greenhouse facility to film ongoing trials and experiments of students. The footage will be part of flagship National Geographic Explorer
- [Frontiers in Plant Science Research Topic on Panama disease](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/04/09/frontiers-in-plant-science-research-topic-on-panama-disease/) - The visibility of the Wageningen Panama disease research, has resulted in “Panama Disease of Banana, a Recurring Threat to Global Banana Production” a Research Topic of Frontiers in Plant Science, one of the leading plant pathology journals. The editorial team is headed by Prof. Gert Kema and includes Prof. André Drenth, University of Queensland, Dr.
- [Banana research at the International Congress of Plant Pathology](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/04/16/banana-research-international-congress-plant-pathology/) - During the International Congress of Plant Pathology, ICPP, in Boston this summer, the banana research community will be organising two events. The first meeting is a satellite meeting on Saturday July 28 titled “Fusarium wilt disease of banana: recurrence of a global menace”. See the program (click here) . On Monday July 30 a
- [Inauguration of professor Gert Kema](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/04/28/inauguration-prof-gert-kema/) - In September 2017 the inauguration of Professor Gert Kema as professor by special appointment for Tropical Phytopathology at Wageningen University & Research took place. During his inauguration Kema revealed what it will take to save the banana. The banana has been severely affected by fungal diseases that can only be combated by using more and
- [Einar Martinez de la Parte joins the Wageningen Banana team](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/05/01/einar-martinez-de-la-parte-joins-the-wageningen-banana-team/) - Since November 21, 2017 Einar Martinez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba, started his PhD project on Panama disease in banana. In Cuba, more than 179.000 ha of dessert bananas and plantain bananas are grown, which are primarily used as staple food. His research will focus on the diversity of Fusarium oxysporum
- [INREF and KNAW-SPIN progress](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/05/28/inref-and-knaw-spin-progress/) - All students are writing their PhD books! Hence, we are in harvest time. We expect dozens of new exciting papers that will move the front forward and together form a solid foundation for a new phase in Panama disease research. Jaye de la Cruz, first INREF PhD student graduated On October 23rd, 2017, Jaye de
- [Genome sequencing of Sigatoka fungus](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/06/08/genome-sequencing-of-sigatoka-fungus/) - On June 6th Caucasella Diaz, Mexico, defended her PhD thesis titled “Functional genetics and genomics of the banana black Sigatoka pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis” at Wageningen University. Her thesis describes the completion of the genome sequencing of this devastating fungus that threatens banana exports worldwide, as well as the development of a genetic transformation protocol that
- [How can we protect bananas?](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/07/27/how-can-we-protect-bananas/) - The Biomedical Science Journal for Teens has put research into banana Black Sigatoka disease in the spotlight. The disease is threatening commercial Cavendish banana crops worldwide, as the fungus that causes it has developed resistance to the chemicals that are supposed to control them. Researchers also detected a specific protein in the fungus, that triggers
- [PhD research on the relationship between Fusarium wilt and bananas in Indonesia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/12/04/phd-research-on-the-relationship-between-fusarium-wilt-and-bananas-in-indonesia/) - A leading strategy for managing the ongoing pandemic of Fusarium wilt in bananas is the generation of resistant banana varieties. To gain insight into the diversity of the causal fungi, Nani Maryani Martawi looked to the Indonesian archipelago, where hundreds of wild and cultivated banana varieties are grown. As part of her PhD research, she
- [New publication on improving banana cultivation](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/11/05/new-publication-on-improving-banana-cultivation/) - Recent research on improving banana cultivation is bundled in the new publication ‘Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1’. Both the banana research community as well as banana producers will find information from all over the world about the current challenges in banana production, improving cultivation practice across the value chain, from propagation to harvesting,
- [PhD defence on insights into the global genetic diversity of Fusarium](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/11/12/phd-defence-on-insights-into-the-global-genetic-diversity-of-fusarium/) - On October 17th 2018 Nadia Ordóñez defended her PhD entitled ‘A global genetic diversity analysis of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc)’ at Wageningen University. In her research the genetic and geographically diversity of Tropical race 4 (TR4) strain of Foc was mapped out using DNA sequencing methods. Bananas are an essential staple food and a
- [Gene identified for full virulence of the Fusarium wilt towards Cavendish banana](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/11/19/gene-identified-for-full-virulence-of-the-fusarium-wilt-towards-cavendish-banana/) - In an article in the PLOS One journal researchers identified a gene and protein that is required for full virulence of the fungus that causes Furasium wilt in Cavendish banana. A mutant of the Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Focub) SIX1a gene was tested in the banana plant. This mutant was found to be severely compromised
- [Sustainable bananas in greenhouses: first 'Dutch bananas' harvested](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/12/17/sustainable-bananas-in-greenhouses-first-dutch-bananas-harvested/) - Researchers from Wageningen University & Research are harvesting the first Dutch bananas this week. Boerenhart, a supplier of fresh and local products will offer the bananas as 'regional product' to restaurants and hospitals in the region of Wageningen. The cultivation took place on two types of substrates: coco peat and rock wool. This allows the
- [Overcoming the developing pandemic of Panama disease in banana](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/03/20/overcoming-the-developing-pandemic-of-panama-disease-in-banana/) - New methods to efficiently monitor Panama disease, also known as Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium species in bananaswere developed during the PhD research of Fernando Garcia-Bastidas at Wageningen University and Research. These new methods and trials enabled a close monitoring of the international and intercontinental dissemination of the so-called Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of
- [Dutch Greenhouse bananas grown above ground](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2019/04/02/dutch-greenhouse-bananas-grown-above-ground/) - The first bananas were harvested in a Wageningen Greenhouse, according to the Wageningen World Magazine. Researchers have been growing them above ground in order to trying to outsmart the Panama disease caused by Fusarium Wilt, which is threatening the banana population around the world. From all sides researchers are looking for approaches, e.g., genetics and
- [PANAMA DISEASE DETECTED IN PAKISTAN AND LEBANON](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2015/03/31/panama-disease-detected-in-pakistan-and-lebanon/) - Following outbreaks in Jordan and Mozambique just over a year ago, the Tropical Race 4 strain (TR4) of Fusarium oxysporum – the cause of Panama disease in Cavendish bananas – has now spread to Pakistan and Lebanon. TR4 was also reported in Queensland, Australia, on 15 March 2015. These events underline once more the extent
- [Secret sex life of fungus extends value of resistant wheat for food production](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/2018/03/15/secret-sex-life-of-fungus-extends-value-of-resistant-wheat-for-food-production/) - Kema and co-workers recently published an article in the prestigious Nature Genetics journal on the sex life of Zymoseptoria tritici, the causal agent of septoria tritici blotch in wheat, the most important wheat disease in Europe and North Africa (Nature Genetics 50, 375–380, doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0052-9). They showed that avirulent isolates of the fungus do not disappear
- [Kema and Ordonez spoke on the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/08/17/kema-and-ordonez-spoke-on-the-annual-meeting-of-the-american-phytopathological-society-2/) - At the beginning of August, Gert Kema was invited to kick-off a special session titled “Banana Production at the Crossroad: Impact of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4” at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. He spoke about detection, identification, and the epidemiology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, tropical race 4. Other speakers included Dr. Gus Molina, Bioversity International and Prof. Randy
- [Mal de Panamá se reporta en Pakistán y Líbano](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/03/31/mal-de-panama-se-reporta-en-pakistan-y-libano/) - Tras los brotes de la enfermedad en Jordania y Mozambique hace poco más de un año, la raza tropical 4 (RT4) de Fusarium oxysporum — causante del mal de Panamá en el bananas Cavendish — se ha extendido ahora a Pakistán y el Líbano. La RT4 también se reportó en Queensland, Australia, el 15 de
- [Panama disease outbreak in Australia](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/04/23/panama-disease-outbreak-in-australia-2/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onPpPeTGESE In Australia, in March 2015, the first outbreaks of Panama disease in banana plantations were reported. Farmers, authorities and other organisations work together to limit the spreading of this devastating banana disease to other plantations in the country. Biosecurity Queensland launched a useful movie with advice about how to protect banana farms against Panama
- [Understanding the dissemination of Panama disease in the Philippines](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/08/17/understanding-the-dissemination-of-panama-disease-in-the-philippines-2/) - Maricar Salacinas, PhD student at Wageningen UR, works since two years on the understanding of the dissemination of Panama disease (or TR4) and the efficacy of current methodologies that are used to prevent further spreading of TR4 in the Philippines. Salacinas: “In the last two years, my work concentrated on the analyses of numerous soil
- [On expedition in Indonesia to collect Fusarium samples from indigenous bananas](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/2015/08/31/on-expedition-in-indonesia-to-collect-fusarium-samples-from-indigenous-bananas-2/) - Finding wild banana accessions infected with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) causing Fusarium wilt of Panama disease in the tropical rain forest. That’s the goal of the second expedition PhD student Nani Maryani Martawi is conducting now in the Eastern Indonesian islands Papua, Sulawesi and Flores. Maryani: After my first expedition last summer in Borneo

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- [Contacto](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/contacto/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ transparent_background=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px||30px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contacto” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Arvo|||on|” text_text_color=”#595959″ text_font_size=”24″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Contacto[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%”
- [Acerca de](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/acerca-de/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” module_id=”el-adios-a-las-bananas” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off”][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” custom_padding_tablet=”-30px|0px|0px|0px” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” admin_label=”row” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKRCIyhheBE” image_src=”//i.ytimg.com/vi/IKRCIyhheBE/hqdefault.jpg” admin_label=”Going bananas video” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”20px|||” padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off”][et_pb_text admin_label=”EL ADIÓS A LAS BANANAS”
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- [Projects](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/projects/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” module_id=”INREF” disabled=”off” collapsed=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Students INREF” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/INREF-students-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”fade_in” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off”
- [El Problema](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/el-problema/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” module_id=”que-es-el-mal-de-panama” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”15px|0px|30px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video_slider admin_label=”Video Slider” show_image_overlay=”show” show_arrows=”on” show_thumbnails=”on” controls_color=”light” disabled=”off”] [et_pb_video_slider_item admin_title=”The threat of
- [The Problem](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/the-problem/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” module_id=”what-is-panama-disease” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”15px|0px|30px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_video_slider admin_label=”Video Slider” show_image_overlay=”show” show_arrows=”on” show_thumbnails=”on” controls_color=”light” disabled=”off”] [et_pb_video_slider_item admin_title=”The threat of Panama Disease.
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- [Sponsors](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/sponsors-2/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”20px|||” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Patrocinadores” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_text_color=”#595959″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_font=”Arvo|||on|” text_font_size=”24″]Patrocinadores[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Pricipal sponsors” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_font=”Verdana||||”]Pricipal sponsors[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”30px||30px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”ristek dikti” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/principal_dikti-1.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on”
- [Resultados](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/es/resultados/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” module_id=”Resultados” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Banana” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/banana-results2000x900-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff”
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- [The threat of Panama Disease](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/project/584/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWEbwMV97lI In 2015 Dr Gert HJ Kema made aerial images of banana plantations in the Davao region of Mindanao, the Philippines; the heart of commercial Cavendish banana production for the export trade. The Tropical Race 4 lineage of the devastating fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense that causes Panama disease has left its scars
- [CORBANA PUBLISHES DOCUMENTS ON TR4](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/project/corbana-publishes-documents-on-tr4/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rotulo-1455210716.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Corbana, the National banana corporation of Costa Rica, recently has published some Spanish documents that address the Tropical Race 4 issue. These aim to raise awareness of the recommendations that can
- [PANAMA DISEASE RESEARCH ON GERMAN TV CHANNEL](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/project/panama-disease-research-on-german-tv-channel/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/QuaksCo-1452602884.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In November 2015 we received a German TV crew at WUR who also visited our partners in Indonesia and the Philippines. On 5 January 2016 the TV program Quarks & Co
- [FERNANDO GARCIA-BASTIDAS IN SANTA MARTA COLOMBIA](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/project/fernando-garcia-bastidas-in-santa-marta-colombia/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fernando_in_Colombia_2015-1450082699-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Last month Fernando Garcia-Bastidas was international speaker at the “I technical banana Colloquium: threats and challenges of the Banana sector facing variability and climate change” in Santa Marta Colombia. The meeting
- [Disseminating Panama Disease in banana caused by one single clone of the Fusarium fungus](https://fusariumwilt.org/index.php/en/project/disseminating-panama-disease-in-banana-caused-by-one-single-clone-of-the-fusarium-fungus/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.fusariumwilt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Panama_disease_TR4_IMG_2697-1448286158.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Scientists at Wageningen UR have demonstrated that the same clone of the Fusarium fungus is infecting Cavendish bananas in several countries dotted across the globe. This shows that this Fusarium clone,

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