Talk:Matoke

Straight Dope column
I found this article when I was looking at the Home Page today and saw it in the "did you know" section. I had recently read a column in "The Straight Dope" column by Cecil Adams in which Adams addresses the topic of 'banana extinction.' Here's a pages of results obtained when searching 'bananas+extinct.' http://www.google.com/search?q=bananas+extinct&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a I've only made a few edits to Wikipedia articles over the years, but 'm willing to add a paragraph about this if anyone thinOks it's a good idea. In any case, I would urge the author(s) of this article to address the issue. Mahalo, Kokuaguy in Honolulu Kokuaguy (talk) 21:36, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Hullo. First of all, an advice: be bold in editing Wikipedia. :)


 * But I would say it depends on what you're going to write about. Note that Cavendish bananas, perhaps the only banana known to most westerners are not members of the AAA-EAH subgroup. It is also only one of the numerous cultivars of bananas, not including seeded wild subspecies. Bananas are definitely not going extinct.


 * But yes, the threat of disease is always a major concern for AAA-EAH bananas as they are a major staple food crop. Any disruptions can have a severe impact on the food security in the region. If you're going to write specifically about that in this article, then please do. Remember to source properly though, there are numerous reliable sources regarding this. Let me know if you need help. :) --  Obsidi ♠ n   Soul   02:05, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Off topic chat
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banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first human trial, which will test its effect on vitamin A levels

http://news.yahoo.com/super-banana-face-first-human-trial-032527114.html# — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.108.8 (talk) 09:54, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Dale said the Highland or East African cooking banana was a staple food in East Africa, but had low levels of micro-nutrients, particularly pro-vitamin A and iron. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.108.8 (talk) 03:06, 8 July 2014 (UTC)


 * This talk page is for discussing improvements to the article, not for general discussion of the topic. - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 03:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

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Merge proposal with Matoke
As far as I can understand it, the article Matoke needs to be merged with this one. Bod (talk) 01:55, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support the merge but I think it would be better to merge this article to the Matoke article. --Maumivi (talk) 13:48, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Original 'matoke' article mentioned high levels of serotonin and the cardiac problems it could cause
But that's gone from here, why? 88.108.218.254 (talk) 18:20, 17 September 2019 (UTC)