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The Gros Michel (aka Big Mike) banana was once the primary banana export around the world. Because the banana is a seedless. hybrid, every Big Mike plant was cultivated as a clone. In the 1950s a fungus began infecting farms and, spreading amazingly fast, it nearly wiped out the industry. Today's banana is a different variety (which they say does not taste as good!). Why was the entire Big Mike variety so susceptible to this fungus?

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The entire Big Mike variety was so susceptible to this fungus because they are genetically cloned bananas which are actually susceptible to plant diseases.

About The Gros Michel (Big Mike) Banana

Gros Michel is known to be a variety of banana which also excellent for exportation. The banana possesses peels that make it resilient to bruising when it is being transported.

"Big Mike" became susceptible to attacks because of its genetic nature of being cloned.

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