Quote Originally Posted by Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
Cavendish bananas are under threat too. There's a new strain of the 'Panama Disease' which has already wiped out tens of thousands of hectares of bananas. We don't have any alternative types either.

I couldn't imagine a world with no bananas.
This is my biggest argument in favor of GMOs
Gros Michels aren't completely extinct. They still grow them in areas of Asia and Africa, I think.

Also,

Quote Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Honduras Foundation for Agricultural Research set out to breed Panama Disease resistant 'Gros Michel' bananas, and after initial problems due to poor agronomic characteristics of the plants from which the pollen was taken (male parent), they developed an improved diploid (SH-3142) which served as the male parent for the development of various hybrids (FHIA-01, FHIA-18, FHIA-21 and FHIA-250). The hybrids released so far have good bunch and agronomic characteristics, are resistant or tolerant to Fusarium wilt and are being grown in a wide range of agro-ecological conditions in Africa, Latin America and Australia.[7]
Here's hoping the GMO'd GMB's work out.