The banana cultivar we usually eat is the Canvendish Banana. This cultivar is propagated asexually so in a sense all of the banana plants are of the same clone.

The banana cultivar we usually eat is the Canvendish Banana. This cultivar is propagated asexually so in a sense all of the banana plants are of the same clone. Attempting to fight the fungus with genetic engineering is extra tricky because of this, because the banana plants do not reproduce. But maybe someone finds a way. Anyway, I want to remind how papaya cultivation in Hawaii was almost wiped out by a virus disease, but they did some genetic engineering in the 1990's, and after that everything has been fine. http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/papaya-gmo-success-story.html http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/pap... Well, Europe still bans the import of GMO food. But at least everyone else gets to eat Hawaiian papaya.