Can science stop the looming banana extinction?

[PaulW]

I thought science wasn't welcome on the Big Island. Or is it only when there's something in it for me?

[geochem]

actually, it's only welcome when you can blame it for something adverse...

[Obie]

I see evidence that a gmo banana plant is viable.

University of Hawaii research .

[BillyB]

" Yes we have no bananas " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hF05ik5TFQ


The reason the Cavendish does not taste as good is because they are picked very green, stored in chilled an inert gas like argon and then gassed with ethylene gas to make it turn yellow. It is the same reason that apples, peaches and just about everything else today has less taste and nutrition than when fruit was picked ripe. In many cases it is the reason you can get them at all. The same is true for the sour pineapples people on the mainland get.

I often think we have lived in the golden minute of human existence between the first apple and the last.

[Kelena]

Thank you, rainyjim. That's right. I am in HPP. And it is already putting up shoots. I will inject them with Milestone. It is too bad. They were those tiny, good tasting bananas and tree was very productive...for awhile.

[dan d]

Try newest banans plamt it hawaii, they usually keep up


HPP

[Seeb]

quote:

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Originally posted by Obie

I see evidence that a gmo banana plant is viable.

University of Hawaii research .

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There is a protest for next week. but who will have a bigger turn out - the tin foil hats or the followers of the banana god

[rainyjim]

Obie can you share where you saw about a gmo banana?

[Midnight Rambler]

quote:

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Originally posted by BillyB

The reason the Cavendish does not taste as good is because they are picked very green, stored in chilled an inert gas like argon and then gassed with ethylene gas to make it turn yellow.

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Nope, you can buy local Cavendish from the farmer's market and they still taste like crap. The variety is grown because it ships and stores well (unlike apple bananas which get soft and brown, although they still taste good in that state), and those qualities outweigh taste.

[rainyjim]

Taste is subjective, cavendish is a favorite of many.