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Tropic Biosciences Weighs in on the Race to Save the Banana
A deadly fungus threatens the planet’s fourth most important crop with extinction, but a UK start-up thinks it may have the solution When it comes to tropical fruits, Norwich probably isn’t the first place that springs to mind. But here, in a drab research park at the edge of the East Anglian city, a team of banana experts led by a former Israeli naval commander is working feverishly to save the fruit from extinction. “Bananas are the fourth most important food crop globally,
