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Bananageddon: Millions face hunger as deadly fungus decimates global banana crop | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41779542 United States04/04/2014 11:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Really cheap solution to fungal blights.Set up colloidal silver generators and get a solution to 10 PPM,then spray(*99.9% silver +DC current through the silver in distilled water.Make a higher concentrate that you could add to regular water to spray). It Would cost a few cents per acre,could be done on site,and requires little energy and very little silver. Silver will kill any known fungus rapidly,it even kills the spores. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 4624368  Canada04/05/2014 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Easy : there will be half as much bananas as before. Men will eat all the bananas, and so will not be hungry anymore. But women will be hungry and they will have nothing left to eat. Therefore they can get all of their food directly from the man's body. Everyone will be happy. |
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| SoulWinner
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 45925141 United States04/05/2014 12:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Scientists have warned that the world’s banana crop, worth £26 billion and a crucial part of the diet of more than 400 million people, is facing “disaster” from virulent diseases immune to pesticides or other forms of control. Quoting: Founders Fan Alarm at the most potent threat – a fungus known as Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) – has risen dramatically after it was announced in recent weeks that it has jumped from South-east Asia, where it has already devastated export crops, to Mozambique and Jordan. [link to www.independent.co.uk] Decimated you say? So we can expect 10% less banana's? That's not a big deal. |
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| ugh.......... User ID: 56405581 United States04/05/2014 12:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| xtcsso
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| Citizenperth
User ID: 38883064 Australia04/05/2014 12:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | seeings that bananas love to take up irradiated particulate from the soil, given the time frame, i'd be looking at fuku, it's the obvious suspect... not a fungus.... Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 04/05/2014 12:58 AM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
| strgzr
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| Citizenperth
User ID: 38883064 Australia04/05/2014 01:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we have huge banana farms here in QLD, might be a good idea to keep an eye on them.... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22882305 United States04/05/2014 03:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bingo! ThT was my first thought as well. Monsanto has created a nasty variety and trying to get them to market by wiping the real bananas out with the disease their are immune to. Bananas did go up 2 cents per pound here last week from .47 to .49 so they still have a ways to go. |
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| FearPorn
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| Just not right!! User ID: 56454421  Azerbaijan04/05/2014 03:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wonder what evil scientist came up with a banana fungus? Quoting: ugh.......... 56405581 Kill shrimp and fish in gulf. Check Kill honey bees. Check Radiate food in Pacific Ocean. Check Frack clean drinking water. Check Poison food with GMO's. Check You just forgot: Create a Bill Gates vaccine to kill children and also make a vaccine that creates an autism epidemic. Check Start killing off all ocean life. Check Start having birds have them fall from the sky. Check Start a Gay Agenda so no more babies are born. Check Start useless wars and kill off the bottom feeders. Check Start making sheeple believe there is hope. Check Etc., Etc., Etc., Check  |
| Citizenperth
User ID: 38883064 Australia04/05/2014 03:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | bee extinction doom ... Check* It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 56454761  Ireland04/05/2014 04:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Monoculture of a single strain (cavendish) banana. The same thing caused the Irish potato famine. Quoting: strgzr Your reply made me worry that this disease could affect other crops beside bananas, so I googled it and the pathogen itself: "The fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum affects a wide variety of hosts of any age. Tomato, tobacco, legumes, cucurbits, sweet potatoes and banana are a few of the most susceptible plants, but it will also infect other herbaceous plants.." [link to en.wikipedia.org] Not good. Definitely bringing the tomato plants in now! |
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