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There's a GMO variety of the Cavendish that is resistant to the Panama Disease. https://www.accessscience.com/content/genetic-engineering-of-bananas-to-combat-
by brink 7y ago
There's a GMO variety of the Cavendish that is resistant to the Panama Disease.
https://www.accessscience.com/content/genetic-engineering-of-bananas-to-combat-panama-disease/BR1208171 https://www.accessscience.com/content/genetic-engineering-of...
- autokad 7y agoI want to have GMO big mikes =(
- Aloha 7y agoI've always wanted to try a Big Mike
- slavik81 7y agoAtlas Obscura had an article in which they ordered a box of Big Mikes from the Miami Fruit Company. It's a little on the pricy side to ship boxes of boutique fruits across the country, but they have quite an interesting selection. If I was in your shoes, I might wait for Big Mikes to be in season, then order the banana variety pack[1] (and ask that they include a Big Mike). You could pre-order a large box (10-14lbs) of Big Mikes[2], but that seems like a lot to buy at once. I've never heard of these folks before today, but now I kind of want to throw a fruit tasting party. [1]: https://miamifruit.org/collections/fresh-and-dried/products/banana-variety-box https://miamifruit.org/collections/fresh-and-dried/products/... [2]: https://miamifruit.org/collections/banana-pre-orders/products/gros-michel-banana-box-pre-order https://miamifruit.org/collections/banana-pre-orders/product...
- deadmetheny 7y agoI regularly order fruit from these guys and can attest that it's all very good quality. The banana sampler in particular is one of the few ways I can actually get a good variety of bananas outside of being on holiday.
- Invictus0 7y agoI was recently in Colombia and made a point to find one. They are indeed much creamier and tastier than the Cavendish but nothing to lose your mind over. I still eat bananas regularly but even months later I find the taste dull relative to the Big Mike.
- amyjess 7y agoThis alone is the reason why visiting Thailand is on my bucket list. They're still grown there.
- arcticbull 7y agoThe other way of solving this problem would be not to have massive unnatural monoculture plantations. The reason the fungus kills literally all of the Cavendish bananas is every single one has the exact same genetic information. They're all clones. Each shares the exact same set of weaknesses, including this fungus. The Cavendishes have all been grown in exclusion zones for years, where you have to scrub yourself down to get in.