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17 April 2024

General Manager at the Banana Board Jamaica, Janet Ferguson-Conie, highlights characteristics of a local banana variety to (from left) Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Tannecia Stephenson; Chairperson of the Musa Technical Working Group, Caribbean Plant Health (CPHD) Directors Forum, Nelson Laville; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green and Phytopathologist at the Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, Dr. Yolande Chilin Charles. The occasion was the opening of the Regional Musaceae Priority Disease - Banana Diagnostic Workshop held on Monday (April 15) at the Life Sciences Department of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

All major banana and plantain related diseases down

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 17 Apr 2024   

For Immediate Release
April 16, 2024

All major banana and plantain related diseases (Black Sigatoka, Moko Disease and Tropical Race 4) are either maintained or excluded completely at the commercial level in the local banana and plantain industry.
The revelation was made by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, during his address at the opening ceremony for the Regional Musaceae Priority Disease - Banana Diagnostic Workshop held on Monday, April 15, at the Life Sciences Department of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.
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