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Can we save bananas from going extinct?
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Did you know the bananas we eat today aren’t the same as the ones people enjoyed a few generations ago? These days, most of us eat Cavendish bananas, but up until the 1950s, the go-to banana was the Gros Michel.
Guest: Dr. Li-Jun Ma, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst
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Manage episode 435052915 series 2342424
Did you know the bananas we eat today aren’t the same as the ones people enjoyed a few generations ago? These days, most of us eat Cavendish bananas, but up until the 1950s, the go-to banana was the Gros Michel.
Guest: Dr. Li-Jun Ma, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst
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