Innoterra says new banana resists TR4

Agritech firm Innoterra says it has identified a new variety of banana that is resistant to both TR4, a disease that has devastated significant areas of production worldwide in the past few years.

Known as InnoGreen, the new banana is a mutant variety of Cavendish (Williams) that was first identified by Roberto Barnett, a veteran of the Filipino banana industry. It is said to show

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