Queensland scientists are tackling one of the world’s worst threats to banana crops – “bunchy top disease” - with help from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson said Queensland research could help the rest of the world, aided by a $US5.7 million donation from the philanthropists.
“This new project will strengthen our ability to control and eradicate the disease in Australia and globally and I would like to thank the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for helping us with that goal,” the Minister said.
