Growers in Colombia and many other places choose Cavendish bananas.

哥伦比亚和许多其他地区的种植者选择卡文迪什香蕉。

There's no obvious replacement for Cavendish bananas for the export market.

出口市场上没有明显的卡文迪什香蕉替代品。

Back in Australia, James is using CRISPR to develop another disease-resistant Cavendish banana.

回到澳大利亚后，詹姆斯正在使用 CRISPR 开发另一种抗病的卡文迪什香蕉。

So he was the one responsible for cultivating the Cavendish banana which was then introduced into Australia.

所以他是负责种植卡文迪什香蕉的人，然后把香蕉引进澳大利亚。

The problem is, the Cavendish is under threat a disease known as Tropical Race 4 or TR4 has spread across the world, killing Cavendish bananas.

问题是，卡文迪什香蕉正受到一种被称为 Tropical Race 4 或 TR4 的疾病的威胁，这种疾病已经蔓延到世界各地，导致卡文迪什香蕉死亡。

That’s because all bananas are clones -- or at least, Cavendish bananas are, and they’re the cultivar, or variety, of banana that most people eat.

那是因为所有的香蕉都是克隆的——或者至少， 卡文迪什香蕉是克隆的，而且它们是大多数人食用的香蕉品种或品种。

With the political and economic costs of running from Panama Disease escalating, United Fruit finally switched from Gros Michel to Panama disease-resistant Cavendish bananas in the early 1960s.

随着摆脱巴拿马病的政治和经济成本不断上升，United Fruit 在 1960 年代初期最终从 Gros Michel 香蕉转向了抗巴拿马病的 Cavendish 香蕉。

There Are Hundreds of Banana Varieties: While most people are familiar with the sweet, creamy Cavendish banana, there are over 1,000 different varieties of bananas in the world, many with different colors, sizes, and flavors.

4. 香蕉品种有数百种：虽然大多数人都熟悉香甜、奶油般的卡文迪什香蕉，但世界上有 1,000 多种不同的香蕉，其中许多具有不同的颜色、大小和口味。

According to my research, the Cavendish banana, which is a type of banana and the first type to be cultivated here, actually originated in China but they had a fairly roundabout route before they got to Australia.

根据我的研究，卡文迪什香蕉是香蕉的一种，也是这里种植的第一种香蕉，它实际上起源于中国，但它们在到达澳大利亚之前有一条相当迂回的路线。