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Re:The Cavendish banana is under threat from a fungus by dv_dt on Saturday October 07, 2017 @08:19PM (#15426381)
I wonder how disruptive a switch of dominant commercial banana type will be? Do farms have to cut down the old plants and start a new variety?
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Re:The Cavendish banana is under threat from a fungus by maxerickson on Saturday October 07, 2017 @08:25PM (#15426396)
They would, but banana plants aren't all that long lived to begin with, a couple sources say ~5 years.
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