https://www.scmp.com/rss/325475/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In a hot, dry field near a place called Humpty Doo in Australia’s Northern Territory, scientists are racing to begin an experiment that could determine the future of the world’s most popular fruit, the lowly banana. Dodging the occasional crocodile, researchers will soon place into the soil thousands of small plants that they hope will produce standard Cavendish bananas – the nicely curved, yellow variety that is most commonly sold in Hong Kong, imported from the mainland and the Philippines.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2114934/yes-well-have-no-bananas-scientists-race-save?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2114934/yes-well-have-no-bananas-scientists-race-save?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:32:40 +0000