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Silent3

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6. This has been a long time coming. I hope GMO bananas come along in time to solve the problem.
Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:25 PM
May 2020

There's some working being done on this already from what I've heard, but I'm sure anti-GMO stupidity is slowing it down.

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Disease Is Ravaging the $25 Billion Banana Industry [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
In other words, expect to pay more for bananas? Brainfodder May 2020 #1
I believe this has happened before. louis-t May 2020 #2
The biggest problem with the common banana is that growers have made it a monoculture... Hekate May 2020 #3
People understandably like *seedless* bananas Silent3 May 2020 #7
Banana seeds are very small. You won't notice them in your mouth, you will see them. Blue_true May 2020 #9
Yes. Like apples and tomatoes, the taste has been nearly bred out of them so they can travel well.nt Hekate May 2020 #12
Actually they are not. pm_me_grey_paint May 2020 #15
I could be that what I remembered were vestigial seeds, but they were prominent. Blue_true May 2020 #16
That's the problem with growing clones. Loki Liesmith May 2020 #4
That's a bunch of bananas. doc03 May 2020 #5
This has been a long time coming. I hope GMO bananas come along in time to solve the problem. Silent3 May 2020 #6
Gros Michel was replaced by Cavendish . . . 40 years ago? 45? hatrack May 2020 #8
If not "relocalized", at least develop some geographical diversity. Blue_true May 2020 #10
Florida bluecollar2 May 2020 #13
Though it still has some work to do, Publix sells Florida grown produce. Blue_true May 2020 #17
K and R oasis May 2020 #11
This is the last thing Ecuador needs DFW May 2020 #14
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