Thursday, 16. January 2003

Yes - in 10 years we may have no bananas


It is a freakish, doped-up, mutant clone which hasn't had sex for thousands of years - and the strain may be about to tell on the nation's fruitbowl favourite. Scientists based in France have warned that, without radical and swift action, in 10 years' time we really could have no bananas.

¬> Guardian ¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC

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