Banana Disease in South America!

Bananas are one of South Americas most popular produce selections. By the 1960’s an outbreak of fungus grew throughout Panama soil, contaminating the bananas. The disease spread throughout the country via banana, killing many banana plants in its path. This caused bananas to be close to extinction resulting in the exporting industry in South America to collapse. This disease outbreak currently impacts farmers in South America as they race to find a banana species that is both resistant to the two diseases and commercially available.