Fight against banana "cancer" Guangdong and Guangxi, China bred new varieties resistant to fusarium wilt

According to Xinhuanet, the Guangzhou Branch of the National Banana Improvement Center and the Fruit Research Institute of the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences have successfully bred two new banana varieties, "Mei Jiao 1" and "Mei Jiao 2". The new varieties are not only resistant to fusarium wilt. Strong ability, and can be used for food and processing purposes, is an important supplement to China’s food security. Yi Ganjun, vice president of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences and director of the gourmet banana variety breeding project, said, “The yield of gourmet bananas is expected to reach 5000 Jin/mu, the most important thing is that gourmet bananas are highly resistant to fusarium wilt." The place where gourmet bananas are grown at the institute base is an old banana area with fusarium wilt bacteria. Yi Ganjun said that the base “if you continue to grow ordinary bananas, The susceptibility rate is estimated to exceed 40%, but now we grow gourmet bananas, and ...