Genetic Modifications Going Bananas

[Axtremus]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/12/banana-appeal-australias-first-genetically-modified-fruit-sent-for-approval
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Scientists have submitted Australia’s first genetically modified fruit – a Cavendish banana – to regulators for approval, saying it has been engineered to withstand a deadly fungus that poses a threat to banana growers worldwide.

The banana, known as QCAV-4, has been genetically modified to resist a fungus known as Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4), which is threatening the multibillion-dollar Cavendish industry globally.
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[George K]

The anti-GMO crowd will be apoplectic.

[Mik]

I find it apeeling.

[George K]

I wonder if they will be grown on a plantain-tion.