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Originally Posted by troutman
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Whats interesting about that is that this fungus last struck the previous mono-culture in the 1950's (pre-gmo) and they had to switch to a whole new banana.
I think the fair thing to say is that the mono-culture farming that we practice in certain crops is dangerous. This is completely independant whether that mono culture is from a GMO or from conventional plant breeding.
Seed banks are important to perserve the variety so when these types of diseases strike plants you have a full range of genetic material to fight it with.