The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4).
  • potpotato@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yes. The artificial flavor for banana was created in the 19th century when big michael was the common variety.