Panama disease, also called Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4), is a serious banana disease and is one of the most severe threats facing the banana industry in the world today.
The Philippines Department of Agriculture and other related agencies will reevaluate the country s African swine fever (ASF) control and prevention measures as the disease continues to impact the industry across the country.
Tropic, a pioneering agricultural biotechnology company in the United Kingdom using CRISPR gene editing to improve traits in bananas and coffee, has announced that their non-browning gene-edited banana was technically evaluated and determined to be a non-GMO by the Philippines Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry. This banana is the first gene-edited product to go through the Philippines gene editing regulatory process.