Panama Disease and Black Sigatoka continue to blight global banana production

Comment: Banana industry should not restrict itself to conventional breeding

2026-07-13T15:21:00+01:00By James Dale

Agricultural scientist Professor James Dale considers why gene editing may be the only sensible option to develop a new banana variety with effective disease resistance

  • Comment: Banana industry should not restrict itself to conventional breeding

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