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Column: Popular banana variety faces fatal fungal threat

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2019
                                The devastating fusarium fungus’ arrival in Latin America last year spells trouble for the survival of the popular Cavendish banana. A man sells bananas near a quarantined banana plantation near Riohacha, Colombia, that has been affected by the fungus.

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2019

The devastating fusarium fungus’ arrival in Latin America last year spells trouble for the survival of the popular Cavendish banana. A man sells bananas near a quarantined banana plantation near Riohacha, Colombia, that has been affected by the fungus.