Word info

Sigatoka

Proper noun

Meaning

A town in Fiji.

A river in Fiji.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Black Sigatoka (also known as black leaf streak) has spread to banana plantations throughout the tropics from infected banana leaves that were used as packing material. Source: Internet

He was speaking at Kulukulu Public School in Sigatoka while handing over their award for participating in Government’s Plastic Free Fiji Campaign initiative. Source: Internet

Cavendish cultivars are resistant to the Panama Disease but in 2013 there were fears that the Black Sigatoka fungus would in turn make Cavendish bananas unviable. Source: Internet

He is a son of the late, Dr Avinesh Chandra Naidu, who was among the longest serving private medical practitioners with more than 40 years at the Sigatoka Town. Source: Internet

The delicious chillies are all sources from local Fijian farmers while the vinegar is made in Sigatoka. Source: Internet

In addition to the dramatic drop in banana exports caused by the depression, the fruit industry was further threatened by the outbreak in 1935 of epidemics of Panama disease (a debilitating fungus) and sigatoka (leaf blight) in the banana-producing areas. Source: Internet

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