Banana Article--History of Disease and Development of New Varieties
 

Will bananas disappear from the tropics? This article explains the history and current efforts of finding new banana hybrids that are resistant to disease. I found it interesting. Maybe the only banana growers in the future will be in cold climates like zones 7 and 8 where freezes can kill diseases. Wouldn't that be ironic?

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...cbccdrcrd.html

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i swear i would laugh my banana off :), if nanas would only grew in zone 7 and 8!

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this is the Dan Koeppel article from 2005, he is the author of the new book: Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World. it is from his research for this article that he decided to write the book.

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its going to be a hoot when gabe reads this post....:0491: :islandsharkbanana: :eek: :2141: :2190: . were back to the popular science article and all bananas are going to become extinct, thread.

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Was this discussed before?

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dont worry about it. i think everyone has posted someting on this topic. ill have to find the thread for you.give me a few min and ill look it up.

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Oh, my bad. LOL.:ropingnaner:

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its on page two in the main banana discussion thread. its ok we all do this.

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Thanks. The moderator can remove this post then. :)

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I always did hate this Popular Science article! Never bothered to look at the author.