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The banana dying is my favorite trope. It's true, but it's been dying for a long time and we've known it's been in trouble for a long time. What with all plants
by Brockenstein 8y ago
The banana dying is my favorite trope. It's true, but it's been dying for a long time and we've known it's been in trouble for a long time. What with all plants being clones, no genetic diversity and having to jump from one variety to the next every time a disease or fungus gets the current variety's number.
Cavendish, like Gros Michel before it is definitely doomed. Maybe we can mix and match for a few more generations. Maybe GMO bananas will be the only answer. In which case anti-GMO people will have to decide which they like more, bananas or fear mongering.
Or maybe if we're doing gene editing, we can bring the Gros Michel back, you know, since Cavendish was thought of as a second rate banana.
- sundaeofshock 8y agoThe Bug Mike never went extinct. They are still around but are not as easy to ship as the Cavendish. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gros-michel-bananas https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gros-michel-bananas
- nixpulvis 8y agoMGMGA?
- acheron 8y agoMaybe GMO bananas will be the only answer. In which case anti-GMO people will have to decide which they like more, bananas or fear mongering. The anti-science activists are also working to kill off the orange as well. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140914-florida-orange-citrus-greening-gmo-environment-science/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140914-flor...