Tropic to launch non-browning bananas in March, extended shelf-life bananas by year-end

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Tropic to launch non-browning bananas in March, extended shelf-life bananas by year-end

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Tropic ] UK-based plant biotech co Tropic is gearing up to launch non-browning bananas in March and bananas with extended shelf-life by the year end—innovations it says will open up the cut fruit market, cut food waste, unlock new export markets, and reduce shipping costs. Separately, it is expanding field trials of Cavendish bananas resistant to the devastating fusarium wilt f…