This article by the same author from March of last year (2014) is longer, and does a more thorough job explaining the context and the threat:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;164029&#x2F;tropical-race-4-global-banana-industry-is-killing-the-worlds-favorite-fruit&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;164029&#x2F;tropical-race-4-global-banana-industry-...</a> (and HN discussion <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8296326" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8296326</a>)<p>I’d recommend just reading that one and skipping the current article, which consists of a tiny bit of background wrapped around a link to the recent study <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.plos.org&#x2F;plospathogens&#x2F;article?id=10.1371&#x2F;journal.ppat.1005197" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journals.plos.org&#x2F;plospathogens&#x2F;article?id=10.1371&#x2F;jo...</a>