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We're actually on banana 2.0 (Cavendish banana) - banana 1.0 ('Big Mike') got wiped out by Panama disease[1], which very well might happen again. The joys of mo
by cygx 9y ago
We're actually on banana 2.0 (Cavendish banana) - banana 1.0 ('Big Mike') got wiped out by Panama disease[1], which very well might happen again. The joys of monoculture!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease
- senorjazz 9y agoNot just mono culuture, but all bananas grown are clones as bananas plants grow from sucks that shoot out from the roots of the established plant. There is no genetic diversity at all as they evolved* to be become seedless *maybe selected, not sure of the correct term