Introduction
As argued by Marquardt (2001), it is true that currently the state of our favorite banana is bad. They may be doomed and be replaced by new varieties. The bananas in the average U.S. grocery store are pretty much the same. They are the genetic variety known as Cavendish. However, in some nearby markets like Puerto Rico there exist some varieties. This variance in variety at Puerto are scientifically tested to vary from the Cavendish variety right from taste, color as well as size with some being miniature, red-skinned and plumper.
The Manzano variety has a little acid, a little puckering of your mouth, if they are not very ripe .The swift changes of the banana variety is fueled by scientific innovations made by scientists in the agricultural sector and also by some natural factors like a deadly fu
...ngus that attacks banana plants. An earlier version of this fungus wiped out commercial plantings of a banana variety called Gros Michel that once dominated the global banana trade (Marquardt, 2001).
Now history may be repeating itself. A new version of the fungus, called Tropical Race 4, is killing off the Cavendish variety. Tropical Race 4 has marched across China and Southeast Asia, laying waste to banana plantations (Galeazzi et al, 1981). It's killing bananas in Australia, and cases have been reported in southern Africa. So far, the fungus has not spread to Latin America, but it can travel on the smallest particle of soil, even on a pair of shoes. When Irish visited a banana plantation in Australia recently, he decided to leave his boots behind. "It's such a small sacrifice to make for such an important causes.
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conclusion from the above descriptions we have cases of the current banana getting doomed and being replaced by new varieties. This is associated with loss of our indigenous crops therefore further scientific research and innovation should be done.
References
- GALEAZZI, M. A., SGARBIERI, V. C., & CONSTANTINIDES, S. M. (1981). Isolation, purification and physicochemical characterization of polyphenoloxidases (PPO) from a dwarf variety of banana (Musa cavendishii, L).
- Journal of Food Science, 46(1), 150-155. Marquardt, S. (2001). “Green Havoc": Panama Disease, Environmental Change, and Labor Process in the Central A merican Banana Industry. The American historical review, 106(1), 49-80
