Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Enjoy your bananas while you have them, because they might not be around forever, as scientists fear one popular variety is on the brink of extinction. The variety called Cavendish bananas, which ...
The Cavendish only became the world's most widely eaten banana in the second half of the 20th century. Before that, the Gros Michel variety reigned supreme. But in the 1950s, a fungus called TR1 ...
The Madagascar banana is listed as critically endangered because of deforestation and climate change. Some botanists believe that the Madagascar banana is a potential source of resistance to Panama disease, which wiped out the Gros Michel banana, and threatens the Cavendish banana, which is the main banana of international commerce. [2] [3]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Cavendish bananas, accounting for around 99% of banana exports to developed countries, are vulnerable to the fungal disease known as Panama disease. There is a risk of extinction of the variety. Because Cavendish bananas are parthenocarpic (they don't have seeds and reproduce only through cloning), their
The average American eats 26.2 pounds (11.9 kg) of the Cavendish banana each year, and the question is being asked as to whether this oft-consumed fruit is on course to extinction. [14] Apart from the export trade, 85% of banana production is for local consumption and many of the cultivars used for this purpose are also susceptible to infection ...
As Food & Wine reported in September, bananas across the globe are facing extinction due to TR4. It specifically affects Cavendish bananas, the world's most popular type of banana, attacking the ...
There's some hope yet. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us