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The Looming Threat to America’s Favorite Fruit

  • July 15, 2018

Fusarium wilt is a deadly banana disease destroying banana plantations throughout the world. As scientists race to figure out how it’s spreading so quickly to places far apart from each other — Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Southern Africa — it’s just a matter of time before the fungus hits Latin America, where the U.S. gets most of its bananas. The fungus strain was first discovered in Taiwan 30 years ago, but the only thing major producers...