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Default Threats to bananas now:(

On 6/8/2015 11:16 AM, Roy wrote:
> On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 1:45:52 AM UTC-6, La Mirada wrote:
>> sf > Wrote in message:
>>> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 21:22:33 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Six decades after a banana-killing fungus all but wiped out plantations
>>>> across Latin America, a new strain threatens to destroy global harvests.
>>>> A type of Fusarium wilt appeared this year in Australia's main
>>>> banana-growing state after spreading to Asia and Africa. While the fungus
>>>> has been around since the 1990s and has yet to affect top exporter Ecuador,
>>>> Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. called it a potential "big nightmare." The
>>>> United Nations says the disease threatens supply, and Latin American growers
>>>> are taking steps to limit the risk.
>>>>
>>>> The industry survived the demise of the top-selling Gros Michel banana in
>>>> the 1950s by switching to a different variety, called the Cavendish. But
>>>> this time, there's no ready substitute
>>>
>>> Wiki says there are 1000 varieties of bananas in the world, subdivided
>>> into 50 groups. So all is not lost if Canvendish takes a hit and
>>> consumers will finally get some banana diversity at the supermarket.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> sf
>>>

>>
>> Ever do yourself with a frozen banana?
>> --

>
> You gross swine...get yourself to a shrink real quick-like.
> As an unelected, unwanted Net nanny, you have failed big time.
> Back to your institution, you nasty little TROLL.
> =====
>


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