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Appeal for funds to fight banana blight

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Mozambique's government has implemented quarantine measures to help control an outbreak in the country of a fungal pathogen that is ravaging banana plantations all over southeast Asia (see go.nature.com/1oiywc). To be effective, these efforts must be backed by prompt diagnosis and management of the disease.

The TR4 fungus (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4) is one of several genotypes that cause Fusarium wilt, or Panama disease. It can be swiftly identified by using molecular diagnostics, but plantation workers must first be able to recognize and rapidly report the early symptoms of infection.

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Kema, G., Weise, S. Appeal for funds to fight banana blight. Nature 504, 218 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/504218b

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