The standard banana, the one found in nearly every lunch bag, smoothie, and cereal, could go extinct. Known as the Cavendish banana, this single variety accounts for 99 percent of global exports, despite there being over 1,000 different species of bananas.
A variant of Panama disease, a soil fungus that once wiped out the world’s most commercial banana in the 1950s, is back. And this time, there’s no obvious banana replacement around the corner. So what will it take to save one of the world’s most beloved fruits? Head over to YouTube.com/Vox to watch the full video about the future of bananas.
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