> we only started seeing strains of banana blight effect it in the last few decades. ... it's probably worth thinking about a bit. It was likely an oversight t

> we only started seeing strains of banana blight effect it in the last few decades. ... it's probably worth thinking about a bit. It was likely an oversight to not mention why we started to clone the Cavendish. Panama disease devastated the also cloned Gros Michel cultivar over 60 years ago. That's why, today, we eat a different banana than those who came before us.