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Fusarium molds are rapidly affecting banana fields in Africa and Asia, and most recently the disease was discovered already on Australian plantations. The banana industry of the planet beats alarm, although the farmers themselves are largely to blame for what happened.
If you, while living in Russia, eat bananas, then, beyond all doubt you buy a Cavendish variety, allowing the manufacturer pick fruits green and transport over long distances. This variety is today the most common, productive and easy to breed. Half a century ago on the shelves of our stores lay Gro-Michel, who was then mowed down by the same fungi. Now a similar fate should befall the modern “broiler” variety of yellow tropical fruits.
In world agriculture, they are everywhere engaged in mass cultivating monocultures that are ideal in commercial plan. However, similar prevalence and monotony leads to the fact that a huge population becomes susceptible to various diseases. When this bananas are considered among those fruits that are sick most often.
Fusarium, or Panama Banana Disease, causes the leaves of the plants turn brown and lose moisture, and the fruit begins to rot. It is impossible to cure this disease, but in the only way prevent its spread is timely destruction of infected plantation sites. According to experts, the complete destruction of Cavendish is only a matter of time, with this is still unknown which banana variety will take its place and will it take at all.
Thus, it is worth preparing morally for the future. banana crisis and turn your attention to other useful fruit.
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