PARAGRAPH ONE:
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The world's most |
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discovered TP4 in Malaysia |
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bad for banana lovers and |
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the wind |
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The fungus blocks water |
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common banana |
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the banana cannot |
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tubes inside the plant |
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Scientists first |
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across large areas |
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It quickly spread to other |
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the banana industry |
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carried by |
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parts of Asia |
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A tiny amount of it spreads |
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get the water it needs |
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PARAGRAPH TWO:
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we ate a variety |
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stays in the ground |
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it was the world's |
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modified |
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it became extinct |
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called the Gros Michel |
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The problem for |
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like TP4 |
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This is because the fungus |
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main banana |
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new plants cannot |
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the banana industry |
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genetically |
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grow |
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resistant to diseases |
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in 1965 |
The world's most common banana (1) ___________________, which is bad (2) ___________________ and the banana industry. A fungus called TP4 is killing millions of Cavendish banana plants. The Cavendish is the world's most common banana. The fungus (3) ___________________ inside the plant, so the banana cannot get the water (4) ___________________ dies. Scientists first discovered TP4 in Malaysia in 1990. It quickly spread (5) ___________________ of Asia, and then to Australia and Africa. TP4 is carried by the wind, water, cars and even people's boots. A tiny amount of it spreads (6) ___________________ very quickly.
Before we started eating the Cavendish banana, (7) ___________________ called the Gros Michel. Fifty years ago, it was the world's main banana. However, (8) ___________________ Panama Disease killed it and it became extinct in 1965. Banana (9) ___________________ to the Cavendish banana. The problem for the banana industry is (10) ___________________ their banana plants will not help the situation. This is because the fungus stays in the ground, (11) ___________________ cannot grow. Scientists say one answer is genetically modified (GM) bananas (12) ___________________ to diseases like TP4 and Panama Disease.
Theworld'smostcommonbananacouldbecomeextinct,whichisbadfor
bananaloversandthebananaindustry.AfunguscalledTP4iskillingmilli
onsofCavendishbananaplants.TheCavendishistheworld'smostcom
monbanana.Thefungusblockswatertubesinsidetheplant,sothebana
nacannotgetthewateritneedsanditdies.ScientistsfirstdiscoveredTP4
inMalaysiain1990.ItquicklyspreadtootherpartsofAsia,andthentoAus
traliaandAfrica.TP4iscarriedbythewind,water,carsandevenpeople's
boots.Atinyamountofitspreadsacrosslargeareasveryquickly.Before
westartedeatingtheCavendishbanana,weateavarietycalledtheGros
Michel.Fiftyyearsago,itwastheworld'smainbanana.However,afungu
scalledPanamaDiseasekilleditanditbecameextinctin1965.Bananagr
owerschangedtotheCavendishbanana.Theproblemforthebananaind
ustryisthatburningalltheirbananaplantswillnothelpthesituation.This
isbecausethefungusstaysintheground,sonewplantscannotgrow.Sci
entistssayoneanswerisgeneticallymodified(GM)bananasthatareresi
stanttodiseaseslikeTP4andPanamaDisease.
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