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This project addresses Panama disease in bananas caused by a specific fungus. By utilizing genome editing techniques, the research aims to create banana varieties resistant to this devastating disease, thereby protecting global banana production.
Panama disease is a devastating disease of banana caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. A new race called tropical race 4 (TR4) is estimated to threaten >80% of the world’s bananas and can cause up to 100% yield loss.
The disease is detrimental to global banana production, but also for small-holder farmers especially in Africa, because Panama disease also affects plantain cultivars that provide food for approximately 400 million people.
In the 1950s, Panama Disease almost wiped…
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