They reinforce actions to prevent the entry of the most lethal banana disease in Mexico

Published Jan 15, 2024

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Mexico is working to prevent the entry of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical, which affects plantain and banana production in multiple countries. They are focusing on surveillance and inspection at ports, airports, and borders, as well as training producers on biosafety measures. Mexico is self-sufficient in banana production and does not import the fruit, but the country has a productive area of over 80,500 hectares for plantains and bananas.

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2000Agro/Editorial With the objective of preventing the entry into Mexico of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 Tropical, which affects currently to the production of plantains and bananas in 24 countries of the five continents, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) operates a permanent dissemination and training program, in coordination with producers, industry and state governments. After the entry of the disease in 2019 to Colombia and in 2021 to Peru, the Service National Health, Safety and Agri-Food Quality (Senasica) reinforced the search protocols for the pathogen, through the Surveillance Program Phytosanitary Epidemiology (PVEF), and product inspection tasks agri-food products in ports, airports and borders. It is to be emphasized that Mexico is self-sufficient in banana production and the fruit does not import, Therefore, inspection tasks focus on tourist goods. coming from high-risk countries to prevent the entry of musaceae and its ...

Source: MX2000