Agriculture, Food and Beverage

The quest to save the banana from extinction

A vendor arranges bananas at a wet market in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin - RC1153100A50

Banana plants are particularly susceptible to disease because they cannot reproduce sexually. Image: REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin

Stuart Thompson
Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster
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