Fresh Del Monte Produce Partners with Queensland University of Technology on Banana Disease Resistance Project Partnership Set to Develop New Variety of TR4 Resistant Bananas News provided by Share this article Share this article CORAL GABLES, Fla. and BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., through its subsidiary Del Monte International GmbH, has partnered with Queensland University of Technology (QUT), located in Brisbane, Australia, to lead innovation toward the development of disease-resistant bananas. The partnership will help to identify new ways of growing bananas that are less susceptible to Tropical Race 4 (TR4), also known as Fusarium or Panama disease, and are more sustainable to our food supply.