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People ask me how the Panama disease looks like and if it affects fruits and hence humans (short answer: NO)

Fusarium wilt of bananas (#PanamaDisease) kills banana plants. It is caused by the soil-borne fungus #Fusarium.

This is a sick banana in the field (Phil)

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It is considered to be one of the most important and destructive diseases in history. It caused the epic epidemic in the 1900s that wiped out the "#GrossMichel" (previous cultivar) based industry. Cultivar commercially extinct (still in production in some countries tho)

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Before the famous #Cavendish (cultivar we eat now), the Gros Michel was the preferred cultivar for the international banana trade, but it was replaced due to its susceptibility to the Panama disease (let's call it 1st version for now).

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