Panama disease takes over Queensland banana fields
According to Biosecurity Queensland Panama TR4 Program Leader Rhiannon Evans, the disease has been found in six Queensland farms that are "close to one another," posing an increasing threat to Australia's $1 billion banana industry.
According to Ms. Evans, the disease was found in industrial crops in north Queensland in 2015. She said the biosecurity measures in place "have
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