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Can we save bananas from going extinct?

Can we save bananas from going extinct?

Mornings with Simi

August 19, 20247m 22sbonus

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Show Notes

Did you know the bananas we eat today aren’t the same as the ones people enjoyed a few generations ago? These days, most of us eat Cavendish bananas, but up until the 1950s, the go-to banana was the Gros Michel.

Guest: Dr. Li-Jun Ma, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst

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