Where Did Your Banana Actually Come From?
In short: An exploration of the complex global journey, genetic uniformity, and biological threats facing the world's most popular export fruit.
A 1:53 short film in the series “Journey of a Thing”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana”; agritech.tnau.ac.in, “Banana Expert System”; World Bank, “Bananas and blight – An illustration in the complexity of global trade”; University of California, Davis (Postharvest Research and Extension Center), “Banana (Cavendish) | Postharvest Research and Extension Center”; PMC (PubMed Central) / Wiley, “Banana breeding by genome design”; BBC, “The ‘banana pandemic’ destroying the world’s favourite fruit”; PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio, “Navigating Fusarium wilt of bananas: a ready-to-use subset of resistant Musa genotypes”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana · View →
- agritech.tnau.ac.in — Banana Expert System · View →
- World Bank — Bananas and blight – An illustration in the complexity of global trade · View →
- University of California, Davis (Postharvest Research and Extension Center) — Banana (Cavendish) | Postharvest Research and Extension Center · View →
- PMC (PubMed Central) / Wiley — Banana breeding by genome design · View →
- BBC — The ‘banana pandemic’ destroying the world’s favourite fruit · View →
- PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio — Navigating Fusarium wilt of bananas: a ready-to-use subset of resistant Musa genotypes · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana
- Also: agritech.tnau.ac.in: Banana Expert System
- Also: World Bank: Bananas and blight – An illustration in the complexity of global trade
- Also: University of California, Davis (Postharvest Research and Extension Center): Banana (Cavendish) | Postharvest Research and Extension Center
- Also: PMC (PubMed Central) / Wiley: Banana breeding by genome design
- Also: BBC: The ‘banana pandemic’ destroying the world’s favourite fruit
- Also: PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio: Navigating Fusarium wilt of bananas: a ready-to-use subset of resistant Musa genotypes
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