Focus on eradicating TR4, says Katter

Ashley Walmsley
July 28 2017 - 7:00am
MOVE IT: Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, says the Queensland Government should seriously look at eradication options for Panama disease Tropical Race 4 from the Tully area, similar to what was accomplished with Black Sigatoka.
MOVE IT: Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, says the Queensland Government should seriously look at eradication options for Panama disease Tropical Race 4 from the Tully area, similar to what was accomplished with Black Sigatoka.

THE Federal representative for Tully has called on the Queensland Government to consider eradicating the banana disease, Panama Tropical Race 4, after another detection was confirmed this week.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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