Why Are Bananas Going Extinct?
Автор: Seeker
Загружено: 2014-05-15
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A new fungus called Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 is threatening to eliminate all the Cavendish bananas! Why is this a big deal, and are we able save this delicious fruit? Watch as Trace and Tara discuss this growing concern.
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How the global banana industry is killing the world's favorite fruit
http://qz.com/164029/tropical-race-4-...
"During harvest last year, banana farmers in Jordan and Mozambique made a chilling discovery."
Has The End Of The Banana Arrived?
http://www.popsci.com/article/science...
"Researchers fear that a relentless and virulent fungus could cripple the world's banana monoculture."
Can This Fruit Be Saved?
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article...
"The banana as we know it is on a crash course toward extinction. For scientists, the battle to resuscitate the world's favorite fruit has begun - a race against time that just may be too late to win."
Chiquita says banana blight threat not imminent (PHOTOS)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/...
"A banana blight is a threat to crops, but the folks at Chiquita Brands International Inc.of Charlotte says there's no cause for alarm."
A horrifying disease is threatening to destroy the world's bananas
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/15/a_hor...
"The U.N. is warning of the 'massive destruction' of the world's banana crop."
About 1,200 banana varieties - blue, black, maroon, yellow - 'Dutch Elm disease' KO'd Big Mike
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/481921
"Did you know the 'Gros' Michel, or 'Big Mike,' banana, a tastier banana than the current yellow Cavendish variety, was the common banana sold until the early 1960s when it was infected by a fungus called Panama disease similar to Dutch Elm?"
Banana Price Chart
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU000...
Average retail food and energy prices, U.S. city average and Midwest region
http://www.bls.gov/ro3/apmw.htm
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