Fusarium oxysporum can infect over 120 plant species. Whether it destroys Cavendish bananas as it did their predecessor depends on the agricultural industry and consumers.
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Scientists are in a race to genetically engineer a new plant resistant to a devastating disease that is threatening to wipe out the banana.
Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
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Special Professor of Phytopathology, Wageningen University
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Professor of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
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Emeritus Fellow in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst