Editing Banana (section)

=== Cavendish ===

{{main|Cavendish banana}}

[[File:Bananas.jpg|thumb|alt=Grocery store photo of several bunches of bananas|Cultivars in the [[Cavendish bananas|Cavendish]] group dominate the world market.]]

In global commerce in 2009, by far the most important cultivars belonged to the triploid ''Musa acuminata'' [[List of banana cultivars#AAA Group|AAA group]] of Cavendish group bananas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apples and oranges are the top U.S. fruit choices |url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58322 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=USDA [[Economic Research Service]]}}</ref> Disease is threatening the production of the Cavendish banana worldwide. It is unclear if any existing cultivar can replace Cavendish bananas, so various [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridisation]] and [[genetic engineering]] programs are attempting to create a disease-resistant, mass-market banana. One such strain that has emerged is the Taiwanese Cavendish or Formosana.<ref name="Gittleson-2018">{{cite news |last=Gittleson |first=Kim |title=Battling to save the world's bananas |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42777803 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326214246/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42777803 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wang-2021">{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Xiaoyi |last2=Yu |first2=Renbo |last3=Li |first3=Jingyang |title=Using Genetic Engineering Techniques to Develop Banana Cultivars With Fusarium Wilt Resistance and Ideal Plant Architecture |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=11 |date=13 January 2021 |pmid=33519876 |pmc=7838362 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2020.617528 |doi-access=free |page=|bibcode=2021FrPS...1117528W }}</ref><ref name="Canine-2005">{{cite web |last1=Canine |first1=Craig |title=Building A Better Banana |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/building-a-better-banana-70543194/ |publisher=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=13 July 2024 |date=October 2005}}</ref>