I think you're making it out to be worse than it really is.
Bananas are heavily chemically treated with ethylene, an inert gas which causes plants to ripen faster and is harmless to humans.
(Fun fact: It's why bananas are never put next to other fruit in the supermarket, because they will cause other fruit to ripen and spoil faster.)
Bananas also haven't been a monoculture since day 1 either - but have been developed that way through centuries of selective breeding. The article outlines the monoculture problem quite well, but doesn't really mention that it's because the consumable plant [mostly] only reproduces asexually.
What's wrong with using tiny stickers on fruit for 'branding'?
Bananas are heavily chemically treated with ethylene, an inert gas which causes plants to ripen faster and is harmless to humans.
(Fun fact: It's why bananas are never put next to other fruit in the supermarket, because they will cause other fruit to ripen and spoil faster.)
Bananas also haven't been a monoculture since day 1 either - but have been developed that way through centuries of selective breeding. The article outlines the monoculture problem quite well, but doesn't really mention that it's because the consumable plant [mostly] only reproduces asexually.
What's wrong with using tiny stickers on fruit for 'branding'?