In a landmark decision, a genetically-modified Cavendish banana has been signed off to be grown in Australia.
The product has been engineered to be nearly immune to Panama Tropical Race 4, a fungal disease that kills banana plants.
James Dale is the leader of the banana biotechnology programme at the Queensland University of Technology and joins Emile Donovan.
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Dr Jean-Yves Paul, left, and QUT Distinguished Professor James Dale, right, with a bunch of QCAV-4 bananas, at the trial site in the Northern Territory. Photo: Anthony Weate