The banana is the most exported and most popular fruit in the world and it is facing extinction.
The single biggest variety of commercially grown banana is known as the Cavendish.
A strain of fungus, Tropical Race 4, is threatening the Cavendish.
The disease has spread across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Austrailia.
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