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CONFRONTING THE BANANAPOCALYPSE.

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  • المؤلفون: ZALESKI, ANDREW
  • المصدر:
    Bloomberg Businessweek. 12/4/2023, Issue 4806, p42-49. 8p. 13 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      FOOD labeling; TRANSGENIC plants; EUROPEAN corn borer; AGRICULTURE; VASCULAR system of plants; GENETICALLY modified foods
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article discusses the infection of banana plantations by the fungus Fusarium odoratissimum or Tropical Race 4 (TR4) that invade and rot the Cavendish banana plant from the inside long before bananas appear as of December 2023. Topics covered include the lack of preventatives or cures for TR4 that remain in the soil and ruin future production of the world's most consumed banana, and efforts to develop a TR4-resistant banana. Also noted is the possible genetic modification of the Cavendish.