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Banana trees that's used commercially are cloned by taking off-shoots, and are sterile. It's quite hard, if not impossible, to alter their genetics. Likewise it
by noselasd 12y ago
Banana trees that's used commercially are cloned by taking off-shoots, and are sterile. It's quite hard, if not impossible, to alter their genetics. Likewise it's hard to breed new banana trees that produce suitable fruits.
- rrmoelker 12y agoThey don't really seem to be sterile, rather just highly unlikely to get offspring: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease#Banana_breeding_impeded_by_triploidy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease#Banana_breeding_... It seems that with each meiosis step the banana plants become less fertile.