The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #95389   Message #1854590
Posted By: mack/misophist
09-Oct-06 - 10:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Banana-peeling 101
Subject: RE: BS: Banana-peeling 101
At the present time, no replacement for the Cavendish banana is planned. The growers - who are the ones most involved - are convinced the job is impossible without genetic engineering. They don't think people would buy them and refuse to waste their money creating them. There are a raft of other banana types but the standard table banana seems to be doomed.