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AN OFFICIAL of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Davao Region said areas affected by the Fusarium wilt, also known as the Panama disease, may double by this year.

AN OFFICIAL of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Davao Region said areas affected by the Fusarium wilt, also known as the Panama disease, may double by this year.

Virgelio Gutierrez, a science research specialist of the DA-Davao Regional Crop Protection Center, said based on their latest survey, as of 2015, there are a total of 15,507 hectares (has.) of banana plantations in Davao Region that have been affected by Tropical race 4 (TR4), a strain of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC) that causes the Panama disease.

Davao del Norte was the hardest hit with 13,743 has., followed by Compostela Valley (1,082 has.), Davao del Sur (436 has.), Davao City (209 has.), and Davao Oriental (36 has.).

 

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