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More than 16,000 banana plants have been killed by biosecurity officers on a Tully farm.

A banana plant affected by Panama disease near Tully.

"Everywhere else overseas it's taken off like a Bondi tram but here's we've reduced it to a slow trickle which is very good news."
Leon Collins

A bowl of ripe yellow bananas

"It's probably not something that will replace Cavendish but [could] just be another option for growers as the disease potentially spreads further."

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