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Invasion of the Mutant Banana Goes Bananas
The article explains seedless bananas arose about 50,000 years ago in what is now Malaysia. A mutant plant produced edible fruit and was reproduced by cuttings. Bananas don’t ripen on the plant and are eaten at various stages. Diseases now threaten major banana varieties.
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Malaysia
America
Europe
Cavendish
U.S
United Fruit
Chiquita
St. Louis
York City
New York
Urbanext
Illinois
Bananabook
Jacqueline Farmer
Rachel Eagen
Meredith Sayles Hughes