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Rachel Meldrum

Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4

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Publication Type  Presentation
Year of Publication  2011
Authors  Meldrum, R.
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Northern Territory Government

Rachel Meldrum represented the CRCNPB when she attended the Ninth Australian Banana Industry Congress during June 2011. Rachel presented her PhD research project on Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.

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When: June 2011
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During June 2011, Rachel Meldrum represented the CRCNPB at the Ninth Australian Banana Industry Congress. Rachel presented her PhD research project on Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), a disease of great importance to Australian banana growers.

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Research to contain banana wilt infection

In less than a decade the Fusarium fungal pathogen has devastated the Northern Territory’s banana industry, although tough quarantine measures have so far protected the economically

Rachel Meldrum participated in the 2008 International Fusarium Laboratory Workshop.

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MELDRUMR
When: June 2008
Location: Penang, Malaysia
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Rachel Meldrum completed the International Fusarium Laboratory Workshop where she received training in the latest morphological, genetic and molecular techniques available for the identification and characterisation of Fusarium strains.

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Rachel Meldrum represented the CRC at the Eighth Australian Banana Industry Congress, where she presented her PhD research project on Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.

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MELDRUMR
When: June 2009
Location: Queensland, Australia
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Rachel Meldrum had the opportunity to present and discuss her PhD project to researchers and industry at the Eighth Australian Banana Industry Congress.

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