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375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World

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Episode: 375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
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Duration: 00:36:40
Published: 2019-04-18 05:00

The banana used to be a luxury good. Now it’s the most popular fruit in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the production efficiencies that made it so cheap have also made it vulnerable to a deadly fungus that may wipe out the one variety most of us eat. Scientists do have a way to save it — but will Big Banana let them?

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