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Bananas are headed towards extinction

PostPosted: 11 Dec 2015, 15:11
by maureenho
Wave 'bye bye' to banoffee: our beloved bananas are going extinct

It's time to bid a fond farewell to everyone's number one lunch box filler, cake ingredient and hangover buster (it's the potassium – sorts you right out) forever.
Poor, poor bananas are headed towards extinction.
A new study, published in PLOS Pathogens, reveals that fungal disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is tearing through the fruit, and preventative efforts made so far have not been successful.

https://www.homemadebyyou.co.uk/article ... d%3D410296

Re: Bananas are headed towards extinction

PostPosted: 11 Dec 2015, 17:22
by wendy
it will be like living in the war again. We had no bananas.

Re: Bananas are headed towards extinction

PostPosted: 11 Dec 2015, 18:49
by Rosalind
That is a shame, I do so like bananas.

Re: Bananas are headed towards extinction

PostPosted: 11 Dec 2015, 20:27
by annie
Oh dear , that's no good