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There is bad news for banana lovers. The most common banana in the world in danger of becoming extinct. It is the Cavendish banana and people it all over the world. A fungus called Tropical Race 4 (TP4) is millions of banana plants. The fungus small tubes that absorb water inside the plant. This the plant cannot get the water it and so it dies. Scientists first TP4 in Malaysia in 1990. It quickly spread to other parts of South-East Asia and then to Australia and Africa. TP4 is spread in dirt that is by the wind, water, cars and even people's boots. A tiny amount of TP4 can spread across large areas very quickly. Some scientists believe TP4 could the banana industry.

This not the first time that a variety of banana has extinct. Before we started eating the Cavendish banana, we a variety called the Gros Michel. Fifty years ago, the Gros Michel banana was the main banana around the world. However, it was by a fungus called Panama Disease. The Gros Michel banana extinct in 1965 and banana growers to the Cavendish banana. The problem for the banana industry is that even if they burn all their banana plants, the fungus in the soil. This means new plants cannot be . Scientists say one option is genetically modified (GM) bananas that resistant to diseases like TP4 and Panama Disease.