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Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?
With the climate crisis and diseases threatening one of the world’s most popular fruits, researchers are hoping a breakthrough in breeding techniques could give the Cavendish banana a certain future Love them or loathe them, bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruit . But a combination of the climate crisis and new killer diseases have had growers concerned over the banana’s threatened extinction , something that would impose a huge toll on farmers in countries from Guatemala to Malawi, alongside eradicating a staple food. Now researchers say they have made fresh advances in the race to save them from disaster. This month, Yelloway – a research collaboration between Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company , and the crop-improvement company KeyGene – announced it had developed a fully fertile Cavendish banana, meaning it may be possible, through cross-breeding, to create new
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With the climate crisis and diseases threatening one of the world’s most popular fruits, researchers are hoping a breakthrough in breeding techniques could give the Cavendish banana a certain future Love them or loathe them, bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruit . But a combination of the climate crisis and new killer diseases have had growers concerned over the banana’s threatened extinction , something that would impose a huge toll on farmers in countries from Guatemala to Malawi, alongside eradicating a staple food. Now researchers say they have made fresh advances in the race to save them from disaster. This month, Yelloway – a research collaboration between Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company , and the crop-improvement company KeyGene – announced it had developed a fully fertile Cavendish banana, meaning it may be possible, through cross-breeding, to create new
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?, With the climate crisis and diseases threatening one of the world’s most popular fruits, researchers are hoping a breakthrough in breeding techniques could give the Cavendish banana a certain future Love them or loathe them, bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruit . But a combination of the climate crisis and new killer diseases have had growers concerned over the banana’s threatened extinction , something that would impose a huge toll on farmers in countries from Guatemala to Malawi, alongside eradicating a staple food. Now researchers say they have made fresh advances in the race to save them from disaster. This month, Yelloway – a research collaboration between Chiquita, the world’s largest banana company , and the crop-improvement company KeyGene – announced it had developed a fully fertile Cavendish banana, meaning it may be possible, through cross-breeding, to create new
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