“Eating or drinking bananas
is going to be the very next craze.”
This article is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
Why is it panama disease if that is where it hasn’t hit?
They have been talking about this since the 1920's when the Fusarium wilt began to wipe out the Gros Michel.
They have since bred a resistant hybrid and it is doing fine in various parts of the world although for some reason is not popular in the US the Cavendish being more popular.
What about pointed sticks?
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Be sure to try your waitress and tip the veal.
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Big Brother loves us.
He will provide us with Victory Bananas.
Sheesh!
The last I checked there are close to 300 species of bananas! Are they saying that ALL of them will die?
Sheesh, again!
They’re high in carbs, so no big loss for most people.
Aw. Can’t find my picture of Panic Monkey.
Genetically, all bananas are genetically similar...to grow trees you plant shoots, because they don't have seeds.
They are worried about pests destroying all bananas. Finding strains with resistance is a big deal.
And they are working on GM plants too.
How will democrats be rewarded in the future for completing a step when there are no more bananas to eat?
So its “Yes, we have no bananas...”
Monkeys to follow shortly thereafter.....
I’ll give you my banana when you pry it from my cold, dead hands...
The article is a bit dramatic. According to Wiki, using tissue cultures to make clones is having success:
Unfortunately, the clonal reproduction of banana has led to a consequential lack of other varieties. Efforts are being made to produce resistant varieties, but with bananas being triploids which do not produce seeds, this is not an easy task. Creating clones from tissue cultures, rather than suckers, has proven somewhat successful in breeding resistant varieties, however, these tend to have decreased success in stress-tolerance, yield, or other beneficial traits necessary for commercial varieties. Nevertheless, these efforts are leading to the best control measure for Panama disease of banana.