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Deadly pathogen threatens the world’s most popular fruit
世界上最受歡迎的水果受到致命病原體威脅
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Bananas are under threat.
香蕉的生存正受到威脅。
The world’s most popular fruit is a major part of hundreds of millions of people’s diets.
香蕉是世界上最受歡迎的水果，它在上億人的飲食中占據著重要部分。
But climate change is causing diseases to spread faster. Storms carry the pathogens, and higher temperatures mean they multiply quicker.
但氣候變化正使得疾病的傳播速度加快。風暴天氣容易傳播病原體，而更高的氣溫導致它們繁殖得更快。
The most concerning is a killer fungus called TR4.
其中最令人擔憂的是一種被稱為 TR4 的致命真菌。
Crops of the Cavendish banana – the best seller globally – are being ravaged by TR4, from Australia and Asia to the Middle East, Africa, and most recently, Latin America.
作為全球銷量最高的香蕉品種，卡文迪什香蕉的收成正受到 TR4 的嚴重破壞，影響范圍覆蓋澳大利亞、亞洲、中東和非洲地區，以及最近受到影響的拉丁美洲。
Source: UN
It can kill 100% of a crop on a banana farm, and can survive in soil for up to 30 years.
信息來源：聯合國
這種真菌可以殺死一個香蕉種植園 100%的作物，並且可以在土壤中存活長達 30 年。
But there is hope – scientists have developed a genetically-modified banana that’s resistant to TR4.
但還是有希望的。科學傢培育出瞭一種經過基因編輯的香蕉，這種香蕉對 TR4 具有抵抗力。
They’re also experimenting with soil vaccines, and nuclear technology like irradiation to safely destroy disease-causing bacteria.
科學傢還在對土壤疫苗技術和輻照等核技術進行實驗，從而安全地摧毀致病細菌。
A global effort to give bananas a fighting chance.
全球正在共同努力來給香蕉一個抗爭的機會。
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