SYDNEY Men's Nike Air Max 98 Gym Red UK Sale , March 16 (Xinhua) -- Australian banana growers are facing an industry-destroying disease, which is threatening their 600 million Australian dollar (458 million U.S. dollar) crop.
Agriculture department officials confirmed on the weekend the existence of Panama disease tropical race 4, a severe strain, on a banana farm in northern Queensland.
The disease affects the roots of banana plants and stops fruit from growing, and once a property is contaminated it stays in the soil for 30 years.
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"This is probably the biggest threat that our industry has faced while I've been growing bananas and we have to beat it," he said.
Other farmers have begun taking similar precautions -- they have been fencing off crops from other parts of their property, stopping vehicles from entering their property and washing down cars and shoes whenever they return home.
Australian Banana Growers Council chief executive Jim Pekin said 95 percent of the fruit was grown in north Queensland, near the infected area.
Pekin said Panama was the worse disease of bananas in the world.
"This is probably the biggest threat our industry has faced," he said.
"It's a fungus - it affects the root of the plant. What it does is it stops the water going up through the plant so it won't produce a harvestable bunch so there can't be any fruit come off those trees and so it dies."
"We're putting in place management strategy to limit the spread of this pretty awful disease."
Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne said the government was confident biosecurity measures would stop the disease from spreading.
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WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senator Rand Paul on Tuesday officially threw his hat in the ring for the race to become the next U.S. president.
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SINGAPORE Men's Nike Air Max 98 Gundam White Red UK Sale , Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Singapore shares closed 0.63 percent higher on Wednesday, as investors waited for the release of the minutes of Federal Reserve's last policy meeting later in the day.
Investors will watch the minutes for any clues on when the Fed will start hiking rates. Meanwhile, German analyst and investor sentiment rose unexpectedly in November for the first time in almost a year, raising hopes of an improvement in Europe's biggest economy after it dodged recession in the third quarter. The upbeat data also helped European shares to close at a seven-week high while Wall Street shares inched up overnight.
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The benchmark Straits Times Index rose 20.83 points to 3,334.56. Trading volume was 1.32 billion shares worth 1.1 billion Singapore dollars. Advancers outnumbered decliners 237 to 170, while 533 stocks closed unchanged.
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