Pineapple and banana, two crops with strong production by family agriculture throughout the country and, therefore, of great economic and social importance, show their advantages at the Brazil on the Table Fair, which takes place from April 23 to 25 — the week of Embrapa's anniversary — at Embrapa Cerrados (DF). Both crops are researched by the technical team of Embrapa Mandioca and Fruit Crops (BA), which has had genetic improvement programs dedicated to them for decades. Banana On Friday (24), at 10:20 a.m., the public will be able to taste fruits of the BRS Princesa (Apple type) and BRS Platina (Silver type), the only banana varieties identified as resistant to the most severe form of Fusarium wilt, the tropical race 4 (R4T), which causes billions in losses by contaminating crops and imposing restrictions on exports and occurs in 17 countries in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The BRS Platina has a medium size and characteristics of development and yield identical to those of ...