Hacker News with Generative AI: Bananas

Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste (theguardian.com)
Many of us have been guilty of binning a mushy, overripe banana – but now scientists say they have a solution with the launch of a genetically engineered non-browning banana.
Researchers develop first banana plant resistant to TR4 and black sigatoka (phys.org)
Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas.
Bananas almost went extinct 70 years ago – Now a deadly fungus is trying again (studyfinds.org)