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Re:The Miracle of the Modern Banana by denzil_correa on Thursday August 11, 2016 @06:39AM (#12267188)
> The Southern part of India happens to be the actual point of origin of the banana plant

Do you have a source for this part?

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Re:The Miracle of the Modern Banana by hbharadwaj on Thursday August 11, 2016 @07:51AM (#12267430)
> Of note, many have forgotten, but rice suffered from a pandemic blight in the 1980s that was saved only because a particular species of wild rice, coincidentally found in South India, happened to have disease resistant genes.

Do you have a source for this as well please?

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Re:The Miracle of the Modern Banana by dragonmum on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:22AM (#12274079)
Yes, please see:

https://books.google.com.my/books?id=dlvNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&l...

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