I remember when I was in Australia a few years back, a friend told me the government was running an entire campaign to destroy banana plans because they got this thing that led to spots on the banana. But my friend said it didn't hurt the plant or reduce the lifespan of the banana.

But the government started slashing people's plants on their own property to eradicate it. The whole thing was funded by banana farms and forced people to buy from farms rather than grown their own.

I don't think that's what the article is referring to, but do any Australians here remember that campaign? What was that specific disease?