PARAGRAPH ONE:
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The world's most |
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of TP4 |
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A disease called |
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in 1990 |
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The disease stops the banana |
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large areas |
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Scientists found TP4 |
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TP4 is killing it |
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It quickly |
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common banana |
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TP4 is carried |
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spread across Asia |
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A small amount |
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by the wind |
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spreads across |
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from getting water |
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PARAGRAPH TWO:
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Fifty years |
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trouble |
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we ate a different |
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by Panama Disease |
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This was killed |
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cannot grow |
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banana growers changed |
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ago |
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This is now in |
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for a long time |
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TP4 stays in the ground |
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banana |
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new plants |
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TP4 cannot kill them |
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Diseases like |
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to the Cavendish banana |
The (1) ___________________ common banana, the Cavendish, could die. A (2) ___________________ TP4 is killing it. The disease (3) ___________________ from getting water. Scientists found TP4 in 1990. It (4) ___________________ across Asia. (5) ___________________ Africa. TP4 is carried by the wind, water, cars and people. A small amount of TP4 (6) ___________________ large areas.
Fifty years (7) ___________________ different banana. This was killed by Panama Disease. By 1965, banana (8) ___________________ to the Cavendish banana. (9) ___________________ trouble. TP4 stays (10) ___________________ for a long time, so new plants cannot grow. We (11) ___________________ GM bananas. Diseases like TP4 (12) ___________________.
Theworld'smostcommonbanana,theCavendish,coulddie.Adiseasec
alledTP4iskillingit.Thediseasestopsthebananafromgettingwater.Sci
entistsfoundTP4in1990.ItquicklyspreadacrossAsia.ThenitwenttoAfr
ica.TP4iscarriedbythewind,water,carsandpeople.AsmallamountofT
P4spreadsacrosslargeareas.Fiftyyearsagoweateadifferentbanana.T
hiswaskilledbyPanamaDisease.By1965,bananagrowerschangedtot
heCavendishbanana.Thisisnowintrouble.TP4staysinthegroundforal
ongtime,sonewplantscannotgrow.WecouldgrowGMbananas.Diseas
eslikeTP4cannotkillthem.
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