In article >,
Boron Elgar > wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:59:58 -0700, Malcom Mal Reynolds
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > "taxed and spent" > wrote:
>
> >>
> >> looks like we need a bit of GMO activity in the banana world.
> >
> >or maybe that's what started it
>
> Monoculture is more to blame.
>
> And perhaps you should read up on modern banana cultivation. Plants
> are propagated by vegetative reproduction, which means each succeeding
> generation is a clone and disease resistance does not arise.

that can't be the case always, otherwise there wouldn't be other
varieties of banana

>
> I do not say that such practices are the most biologically beneficial,
> in the long run, but before you start blaming this fungal Cavendish
> susceptibility on GMO, maybe you should read up a bit about that, too.
>
> "Lorem ipsum," indeed. You posted more drivel than you recognize.
>
> Boron