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RE: Can CRISPR save the Cavendish?
I hate GMO -but what you are talking about is not the kind of GMO people like me hate.
GMO is used to put DNA from pigs, insects etc plus insecticides/herbicides into the DNA of the plants (as they have done with corn; potatoes' tomatoes; wheat; soya beans and many others.
You are talking about taking a gene from a wild banana and placing it in the DNA of the banana...which is similar to the way we evolved our fruits and vegetables and other crops (plus animals, dogs, cats etc) - by selective breeding. That is not dangerous for us, as GMO is.