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As is the case with all monocultures, the intensive agroindustrial methods for banana production have considerable environmental impact. Banana cultivation requires a large amount of pesticide (estimate: 35 lb/acre, 39 kg/ha) and can encourage ecosystem destruction through deforestation.
Bananas wrapped in a blue plastic bag on a plantation on the island of St. Lucia. There are several issues related to the adverse environmental impact due to production of bananas. One issue is of waste management, particularly of plastic bags that are tied to the plants and the fruits during the stages of its growth.
Ma, 73, still has to use a greenhouse for part of the year to shield the plants from South Korea's cold winters, and is among a growing number of farmers experimenting with crops usually more ...
The banana industry was in a serious crisis, so a new banana thought to be immune to Panama disease was found and adopted, the Cavendish. In a few years, the devastated plantations resumed business as usual, and the transition went smoothly in the American market. Shortly thereafter, Malaysia entered the banana-growing business. Cavendish ...
Bananas tend to grow in places such as Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, and other tropical regions. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW), or banana bacterial wilt (BBW) or enset wilt is a bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum. [1] After being originally identified on a close relative of banana , Ensete ventricosum , in Ethiopia in the 1960s, [ 2 ] BXW emanated in Uganda in 2001 affecting all types of banana cultivars .
The variety called Cavendish bananas, which is reportedly the variation that makes up 47% of the bananas humans eat, is under threat from a disease called Panama Disease (Fusarium wilt) tropical ...
The main exports include: bananas, pineapples, coffee, sugar, rice, vegetables, tropical fruits, ornamental plants, corn, potatoes and palm oil. Almost 10% of Costa Rica's land use is devoted to agriculture . 21% of its land is irrigated mainly with surface water.