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Originally Posted by Gabe15
These diseases are real problems, but it would be silly to think there has been nothing done about them. They have been around long before this little article came out and thousands of researchers all over the world have already been working on correcting them ofr years and helping the farmers in practical ways. The diseases they mention specifically are Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) and Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW), do some research on those names and you will see how much work is being put into combating them.
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I know people have been working around the clock to find some immune specimens or even treatment for quite some time. I think it's a noble job, but only time will tell; there is only few other crops in the world, that would be so studied, documented, experimented with and you know what else...
It's a whole science around it and truth be told, there's less Slovak books on pomology than articles about bananas in bioversity (and fruit has been our staple crop for... say 1500 years. +/- 100 years).
I would like to hope that someone will find a treatment, but there's almost no doubt that even more dangerous and damaging disease will be discovered in some plantain area and soon will spread to the entire industry... It's a neverending vicious cycle once mankind began which such an extensive cultivation and treatment.