The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4).
  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Good research but as they point out, the much simpler solution is simply to grow a variety of different bananas instead of one clone across the entire earth.

    • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      I wonder if there is an ureported reason that they haven’t done that. Because I think your idea makes sense, and surely they must have a reason for not doing it.