Group sees flat growth for banana industry
The Philippines are the 2nd largest exporter of bananas next to Ecuador and has seen a drastic decrease in banana production due to banana leaf wilt disease. The pandemic of the TR4 strain [...]
Coffee rust seen in Moloka’i and Kaua’i
The Hawaiian state agriculture board has now confirmed the presence of Coffee Rust on two additional islands, Moloka’i and Kaua’i. Previous sightings on Maui and Oahu have generated a swift [...]
Dangerous Fungus Resistant to All Drugs and First Found in Asia Is Identified in the US for the First Time
The CDC has issued a bulletin noting patients infected with drug-resistant Candida auris in two US cities. First identified in Asia in 2009, this is the first US ‘patient to patient’ spread of a [...]
Global travelers pick up numerous genes that promote microbial resistance
Dutch researchers worked with microbiologists from Washington Univ. in St. Louis to prove that antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes can spread by hiding [...]
