date:Dec 20, 2013
aking infected soil from one place to another. Its not a spore that can be spread through the air. What you have to do is carry the soil from, say the Philippines to Latin America and plant it, Lloyd continues. You could introduce it that way.
Fear of the Panama disease isn't affecting banana prices. The company is instead wrestling with an oversupply of the fruit, Ed Lonergan, Chiquita CEO, said during its latest earnings report. We would love to see banana prices higher, Lloyd says.