• halvar@lemy.lol
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    17 minutes ago

    There is no such thing as a banana seed. All banana types are singular lineages of clones. All bananas of a certain type (currently cavendish is the one exported to all around the world) are the same genetically, that’s why they are so susceptible to colony-destroying fungal infections.

    edit: i meant commercial banana types, as we were talking about the preservation of those.