
Two fungi, Panama disease and Sigatoka, are threatening the current major variety, the Cavendish. (This variety was more resistant than the earlier Gros Michel, which succumbed to Panama disease in the 1950s.) Because the repeated cuttings have prevented the bananas from reproducing sexually and therefore changing up their genes, they are less resistant to pests. Go here.-- http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/29/bye-bye-banana/ Thank you Linda and Kleiners Korner for this. For Kleiners Korner go to www.kleinerskorner.com/
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