The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4).
  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 month ago

    Isn’t this the reason why some banana candy flavors seem to taste weird? Because they were developed when bananas tasted different?

    • potpotato@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      Yes. The artificial flavor for banana was created in the 19th century when big michael was the common variety.