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Plant disease could wipe out world's supply of bananas
Mark Reynolds
express.co.uk
Experts said the global crop of bananas, worth £3billion a year, was at risk of “massive destruction” as the fungal disease spreads from Asia to Africa and the Middle East.
It could lead to reduced stocks in UK supermarkets or a rise in prices if the crisis worsens.
More than 100 million tons of bananas are traded a year, with about five million consumed in Britain.
They are the most-bought product in UK supermarkets.
On average, Britons eat 22lb (10kg) of the energy-rich, nutritious fruit every year, equivalent to about 100 bananas per person.
But a strain of Panama disease know as TR4 is now threatening production and export of the fourth-most important food crop for the world’s poorest countries...
Crucially, the disease particularly affects the Cavendish variety of banana which accounts for nearly half the world’s crop.
The disease affects the banana tree but not the fruit itself.
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