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AUSTRALIA: GM banana shows promise against deadly fungus strain

2017-11-17
By: TFNet News Compilation
On: November 17, 2017
In: Fruits News
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A field trial in Australia has shown that genetically modified banana trees can resist the deadly fungus that causes Panama disease, which has devastated banana crops in Asia, Africa, and Australia and is a major threat for banana growers in the Americas. The transgenic plants might reach some farmers inContinue Reading

AUSTRALIA: Genetic modification may save USD12bn banana industry

2017-11-15
By: TFNet News Compilation
On: November 15, 2017
In: Fruits News
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A multibillion-dollar banana industry at risk of a deadly disease could be saved by genetic modification that created a line of bananas resistant to Fusarium wilt tropical race 4, also known as Panama disease. Researchers at Queensland University of Technology genetically modified Cavendish bananas using a gene found in aContinue Reading

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JOB OPENING – Project Officer

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TFNet CEO highlights strategic role of FTAs in advancing agricultural development

Written by Stoix Nebin Pascua, SEARCA LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Speaking at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS) on 12 February 2026, Mr. Muhamed Salim bin Mohd Ali, Chief Executive Officer of the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), emphasized

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CALL FOR PAPERS: TFNet to co-organize 2nd International Congress on Pineapple in the Philippines

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TFNet conducts preliminary site visit to pineapple companies in the Philippines

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