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About a hundred years ago, the Boston-based banana company, United Fruit, reigned supreme in Central America. It didn’t just own banana plantations, but also railroads and telephone lines. The company even dictated national policies and overthrew governments. For his podcast “Under the Shadow,” about US involvement in Central America, Michael Fox traveled to Guatemala, where
The Panama disease ravished Cavendish banana is a cautionary tale of the vulnerabilities of monoculture crops. Can biotechnology play a role in saving threatened conventional monocultural crops?
Experts have differing opinions about long-term solutions to protect banana plants.
Are bananas going extinct? The Gros Michel did, and the Cavendish variety is battling disease. Here's how scientists are trying to save it.
The popular fruit is facing a major threat around the world.