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Deadly TR4 Virus May Lead To Extinction Of Bananas

Ryan General   |

Dec 05, 2015 04:39 PM EST

In about 50 years, bananas may soon cease to exist due to a viral disease that is quietly ravaging through plantations in different parts of the world right now, according to a report. The banana-killing virus that swept through East and Southeast Asia in almost silence beginning in the 1960's is currently spreading on a global scale. In the published study: "Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease-When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet", researchers have put forward an alarming report.