The ‘Sigatoka complex’ is made up of three fungal diseases, which already reduce banana yields by 40% worldwide – and they are evolving to be more lethal to bananas.
What makes it so dangerous is that Cavendish bananas – the kind you normally get in the supermarket – are all grown from cuttings, so are effectively clones.
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