15 Apr 2022 Why the world’s most popular banana may go extinct

Bananas are facing a pandemic, too. Almost all of the bananas exported globally are just one variety called the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is vulnerable to a fungus called Panama Disease, which is ravaging banana farms across the globe.

If it’s not stopped, the Cavendish may go extinct.

Business Insider reporters visited a farm in Colombia infected with Panama Disease and a lab in the Netherlands studying the fungus to see if biosecurity and breeding can save the $25-billion banana industry. Watch this fascinating video below…

Source: Business Insider