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> see Panama disease for bananas for an example Extinction level blights similar to these are not often found in the natural world. They're only a thing becaus
by sunshinelackof 7y ago
> see Panama disease for bananas for an example
Extinction level blights similar to these are not often found in the natural world. They're only a thing because we (humans) eliminated genetic diversity from crops through grafts and clones. If the plants reproduced naturally its likely that a range of genetically diverse children would have been resistant to the fungus.