Why The World's Most Popular Banana?

The world's most popular banana, the Cavendish, which accounts for $99\%$ of the export market, is facing a biological pandemic that threatens the global $25$ billion dollar industry. The culprit is Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a soil-borne fungus commonly known as Panama Disease, which is currently ravaging plantations from Southeast Asia to Latin America. This video explores the technical challenges of protecting a sterile, cloned crop and the scientific race to develop resistant varieties.