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Are bananas going extinct?

August 17, 2016 by Blog Posts

A virulent strain of a banana-destroying fungus that has threatened

Two South American bananas, tajadas

banana crops in East and Southeast Asia is making its way around the globe and has scientists warning of the fruit’s extinction.

According to a study appearing in the online science journal PLOS Pathogensby researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, a strain of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense—also known as the Panama disease–has the potential to wipe out the world’s $11 billion banana industry.

Tracing the genetic makeup of the fungus, researchers found that a single clone of the Panama disease fungus called Tropical Race 4 is killing the Cavendish banana –the world’s most popular variety and one you see at the grocery store.

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