AUS – GM banana a biosecurity win


QUT’s GM Banana A Milestone In Biosecurity Battle

Source: Mackay and Whitsunday Life – 05 September 2024

Australia’s place in the US $20 billion global banana market has been safeguarded, according to the federal government, with a new genetically modified banana being granted approval for commercial release and consumption. The QCAV-4 variety of the Cavendish banana has been developed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to counteract the effects of Panama Disease or Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a fungal disease that starves bananas of their nutrients eventually killing the plant.