Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Can
science stop the looming banana extinction?
Hard
lesson learned from the devastating epidemic. In 1950s and 60s, a fungal
disease wiped out then popular Big Mike bananas, which is said to have been more
palatable than today’s bananas. The industry was on a brink of destruction. But
human ingenuity saved banana growers, traders and eaters by developing a new genetically
different species, which are eaten mostly around the world. The problem is that
most of the commercially planted bananas now are genetically identical. This
means bananas are extremely vulnerable to new diseases.
Never
put all the eggs into one basket. The lesson learned doesn’t seem to have been applied
yet.
Enjoy
reading and thinking how essential bananas are to you and your family.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/25/health/banana-extinction/index.html
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