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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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TFNet and SEARCA Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 12 February 2026 at the SEARCA Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The MOU was signed by TFNet’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Muhamed

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TFNet CEO Meets with the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization (PHILFOODEX)

In line with the International Tropical Fruits Network’s (TFNet) mandate to link people, technology, and markets, TFNet Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Mohamed Salim bin Mohd Ali, paid a courtesy visit to the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization (Philfoodex) at its office in Mandaluyong, Philippines, on 12 February 2026.

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TFNet CEO Pays Courtesy Visit to the Malaysian Embassy in Manila

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TFNet Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Philippines

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