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OT: No more bananas?


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http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-06/can-fruit-be-saved

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusarium_wilt

 

From Marginal Revolution:

 

"It turns out, by the way, that the world's supply of Cavendish bananas -- the ones we eat -- is endangered by disease and many experts believe the entire strain will vanish. Most other banana strains are much harder to cultivate and transport on a large scale, so enjoy your bananas while you can. The previous and supposedly tastier major strain of banana -- Gros Michel -- is already gone and had disappeared by the 1950s, again due to disease. Today, European opposition to GMO is one factor discouraging progress in developing a substitute and more robust banana crop."

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