Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Plant Disease Threatens To Wipe Out Banana Trees - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis

Plant Disease Threatens To Wipe Out Banana Trees - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis: "INDIANAPOLIS -- A disease spreading around the world could cause bananas to someday disappear from local supermarkets.

Plant pathologists said the Cavendish variety of banana is being attacked by a fungus.
Daniel Egel, a plant pathologist at Purdue University, said the fungus is similar to the Panama disease, which wiped out a different type of banana in the 60s."

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