«Fortunately, there was a remedy: Cavendish bananas - maintained as interesting specimens in botanical gardens in the United Kingdom and in the United Fruit Company collection in Honduras - were identified as resistant substitutes for Gros Michel,» researchers from Wageningen University and Research Centre report in PLOS Pathogens. (businessinsider.com)
In her recent and well - received series «Mamá Lengua: Mother Tongue,» Bates explores the colonialist background of her ancestors (her grandfather was the vice president of the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, the prototypical «banana republic») and the sometimes - violent dissonances that arise when cultures and capitalism collide. (artspace.com)
Fortunately, there was a remedy: Cavendish bananas — maintained as interesting specimens in botanical gardens in the United Kingdom and in the United Fruit Company collection in Honduras — were identified as resistant substitutes for «Gros Michel.» (journals.plos.org)