On the other hand, Tropical race 4 (TR4), the virulent strain of fungus Fusarium oxysporum cubense that is threatening banana crop globally with the fusarium wilt disease has killed off millions of bananas in Africa and Asia (from the 1980s onwards). It had surfaced in the Cavendish group of bananas in parts of Bihar and is now spreading to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and even Gujarat, which could spell havoc for the country's banana industry. Even though India is the largest banana producing country in the world and third-largest orange-producing country, our exports for these crops are mainly to the Middle East and some neighbouring countries. Very little, if not any, is exported to the US or EU. In spite of such high production, India's banana exports generate a meager$49.8