20 May 2021 --- Isolates of the Black Sigatoka fungus, a banana crop disease, have been identified from seven banana-producing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa for the first time on a large scale by Dutch researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Together with Panama Disease, the fungus is among the most concerning banana crop malignancies among farmers worldwide and is caused by the leaf fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis.
