Bananas are TOAST ...

... apparently. There is Panama disease... Black Sigatoka Disease ... lots of stuff to make them limp and kill off the plants. The variety grown and eaten world wide is the Cavendish, the Gros Michel variety grown in the early 1900s is virtually extinct except for a few pockets here and there. Problems with the spread of Panama Disease could lead to the infection of other varieties. While this may not concern those people who use it as a snack food, for many it is an integral and necessary component of their diet. More information at The Scientist website here.