These articles seem to come up very frequently but the resulting extinction doesn't happen. Also, can't we just go propagate a new variety if this occurs, sure

These articles seem to come up very frequently but the resulting extinction doesn't happen. Also, can't we just go propagate a new variety if this occurs, sure there would be some disruption but its not the end of bananas. Just in my little local fruit market I can see a few varieties (mostly the mini ones) and there are probably 100s more in India/South East Asia.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banana_cultivars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banana_cultivars