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The terrifying truth about bananas

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Yes, we might eventually have no bananas.  Is it really true?  Why are bananas, as we know them, now under the threat of extinction?  Can the fate of the Cavendish banana be changed?

5. Why was the Gros Michel variety of banana so easily killed off by Panama disease?

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