Possibly linux to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoA disease that makes crops inedible would be so much worse than any pandemicmessage-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down19
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squareA disease that makes crops inedible would be so much worse than any pandemicPossibly linux to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 months agoFun fact, this is happening with Bananas. The only way they can contain it is by annihilating entire fields.
minus-squareaegis_sum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoTrue, but all bananas are clones and have almost no genetic diversity and are all susceptible to the same diseases.
Fun fact, this is happening with Bananas. The only way they can contain it is by annihilating entire fields.
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True, but all bananas are clones and have almost no genetic diversity and are all susceptible to the same diseases.
So are many of our food cash crops.