Bananapocalypse: genetic modification may save $12bn industry
by Michael Slezak from on (#382D9)
Researchers in Queensland modify Cavendish bananas to protect them from devastating Panama disease fungus
A multibillion-dollar banana industry at risk of a deadly disease could be saved by genetic modification that created a line of bananas resistant to Fusarium wilt tropical race 4, also known as Panama disease.
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology genetically modified Cavendish bananas using a gene found in a south-east Asian banana subspecies that naturally displayed resistance.
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