Conducted at the Coastal Plains Research Farm the trial was established on a site infested with Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4). In summary the trial includes:
Main trial
• 18 varieties, planted in December 2018
• plants artificially inoculated with Panama disease TR4
• 24 plants of each variety (6 plants per replicate over 4 replicates)
• randomised complete block design
• three varieties with known response to Panama disease TR4 are included in the trial; Goldfinger
(resistant), Formosana/GCTCV218 (intermediate) and Williams Cavendish (susceptible)
• fortnightly assessments.