They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease.

农民关心的是保持土壤肥沃并且免受。

Blight is a name for any plant disease.

枯萎是对任何植的统称。

And plant diseases are often a big deal for more than just plants.

植通常不仅仅是植的大问题。

And it became a disease that is really killing billions of trees.

然而这衍生为一种， 数亿植株遭到灭顶之灾。

The disease can go years without being seen due to its long lifetime.

这种植由于存在时间长，可以潜伏多年而不被发现。

And plant diseases, aging trees and worn-out soil are cutting their harvests.

植、老化的树木和变贫瘠的土壤也正削减收成。

Plant diseases, aging trees and worn out soil are cutting their harvests.

植、老化的树木和变贫瘠的土壤正在削减它们的收成。

The TR4 disease only affects the most popular and common kind of banana – the Cavendish.

TR4只影响最受欢迎和最常见的卡文迪什香蕉。

It can be ten years before a tree is killed.

一棵树感染该植可能要过十年才会死掉。

In 2024 alone, Ginger Farmers lost over $7 million in crops to disease.

仅在 2024 年，姜农就因损失了超过 700 万美元的作。

In Colombia, officials are taking special measures to stop the disease from spreading.

在哥伦比亚，政府官员正采取特别措施阻止传播。

So far, the disease has been found on six farms near Colombia's border with Venezuela.

到目前为止，人们在哥伦比亚与委内瑞拉边境附近的六个农场发现了这种。

As farmers, we don't really know much about diseases at the initial stage.

作为农民，我们在初期阶段对了解得并不多。

We are more familiar with them when they become serious.

当变得严重时，我们才会发现它们。

Big Mike was destroyed in the 1960s by the same disease that is now threatening Cavendish.

" 大麦克" 在20世纪60年代被同样威胁卡文迪什的摧毁。

Officials have removed plants infected with the disease and covered soil with black plastic sheets to prevent spread of the disease.

官员们已经移除了感染这种的植，并用黑色塑料薄膜覆盖土壤，以防止的传播。

So, trees need immunity because they're under attack, either from disease or from living things wanting to eat them.

因此，树木需要免疫力，因为它们受到攻击，无论是来自还是来自想吃掉它们的生。

If we could get a drone that dictates crop diseases, it will help us a lot.

如果我们能得到一架能够检测作的无人机，那将对我们帮助很大。

Small-scale farmer Lawal Ibrahim Danbushiya says the inability to detect crop diseases early puts farmers at a major disadvantage.

小规模农民拉瓦尔·易卜拉欣·丹布希亚表示，无法及时检测作使农民处于重大劣势。

TR4, one of the deadliest plant diseases out there.

TR4，最致命的植之一。