In article , "Sue & Bob Hobden" writes:
| With the news that our eating bananas (Cavendish strain) are under real
| threat in various ways, see
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| http://news.bbc.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2664373.stm
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| should we be worried about the continued health of our ornamental varieties
| or are they resistant to blight etc ?
| Don't want to lose our Musa lasiocarpa just yet.

More to the point, the fungal diseases mentioned are probably only
serious threats under tropical conditions and high planting densities.


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