Genetically modified bananas which are resistant to these fungi will be developed.

If we only had more gay shows on TV, we'd all know more about this horrible tragedy.

There's an old article in Popular Science on this. They detail the people who are trying to combat this. There are some who want to naturally breed a resistant banana that's a suitable replacement to the species of banana we're used to. Another faction is intent on genetically modifying resistant bananas. A lot of the banana facts in that article were very informative. Link below:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/5a4d4c3ee4d05010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

what's upstatemike on about?