Article: Qld: Commonwealth to help fund fight against Black Sigatoka

Article: Economic Impact and Trade Implications of the Introduction of ...
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... potential impacts of the introduction of black sigatoka into Puerto Rico under situations in ... model is used to quantify the impact of black sigatoka. The results indicate that under both ... banana varieties that are resistant to black sigatoka. Key Words: banana, black ...

Article: QLD: Black sigatoka outbreak a near miss say fruit ...
AAP General News (Australia);  July 19, 2000 ;     439 words ... ... Australia) 07-19-2000 QLD: Black sigatoka outbreak a near miss say fruit growers ... sources said today. The outbreak of black sigatoka in a small crop of banana plants north ... disease can spread quickly," he said. Black sigatoka is caused by a fungus which destroys ...

Article: Sickly yellow: bananas. (black Sigatoka disease)
The Economist (US);  April 18, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... valley in Fiji, the fungus that causes black Sigatoka disease has spread around the world ... types of plantain that could resist black Sigatoka under normal growing conditions and ... The most thoroughly tested of these black-Sigatoka resistant hybrids are being distributed ...

Article: Qld: Black Sigatoka found in north Queensland
AAP General News (Australia);  April 5, 2001 ;     327 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 04-05-2001 Qld: Black Sigatoka found in north Queensland BRISBANE, April 5 AAP - The potentially devastating banana disease black sigatoka has been discovered in north Queensland less than 12 months after a previous ...

Article: Public school boys see teacher killed in rafting tragedy; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the outing was to be filmed. But as the raft swept down the Tully River carrying the teenagers and MrRobinson, it overturned, according ... flown back to the UKearlier than originally planned.' The Tully River, south of the popularbackpacker haunt of Cairns, is one ...

Article: Going bananas?
The Nelson Mail;  May 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... no cure is found for the fungal disease black sigatoka. Scientists said black sigatoka could wipe them out because the plants are ... potatoes and thus give bananas resistance to black sigatoka. But is GE the only answer in a market ...

Article: AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: BANANA GROWERS BATTLE A DEADLY NEW FUNGUS
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... themselves. But the newest and worst threat is black sigatoka, which crossed the northern Amazon border just ... the world -- and also the most vulnerable to black sigatoka. Black sigatoka is more aggressive, and even pushes out yellow ...