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| Why we must save the banana. | |
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| Topic Started: 19 Dec 2013, 10:58 AM (19 Views) | |
| Sandy | 19 Dec 2013, 10:58 AM Post #1 |
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So the silken chrysalis that I found on my banana might be a sign. I unpicked it, to the horror of my children, to find an unremarkable shiny black thing within. I chucked it away and ate the fruit. But apparently the world's supply of bananas is under threat from plagues of bugs and fungal infections. Up to 20 per cent of the produce of bananas from Costa Rica, one of the world's key suppliers, has already been written off this year, thanks to plagues of "mealybugs" and the horrendous-sounding "scale" insect. Meanwhile, a banana-eating fungus is bearing down on plantations from Australia to Japan, and is poised to invade South America. Link to the story. |
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