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The Commonly Eaten Cavendish Bananas May Be On The Brink Of Extinction, Thanks To The Panama Disease, Which Has Spread To Most Continents Except South-America. But If The Gene That Limits The Disease Can Be Identified From A Rare Banana, Ensete Perrier, CRISPR Could be Used To Modify The Cavendish Banana To Survive The Disease.

Bananas on verge of extinction due to Panama disease, experts warn | World | News | Express.co.uk

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/984891/bananas-extinction-shortage-Panama-disease-Madagascar-Cavendish

BANANAS are on the verge of extinction due to the outbreak of a deadly tropical disease, experts have warned.