the banana’s inability to adapt

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Does this "adapt" have the object of "diverse forms" or is it an intransitive verb? What does this "adapt" here mean?

3p)The benefit of genetic uniformity is that banana production can be well organized, with each banana developing in exactly the same way every time. However, the banana’s inability to adapt and create diverse forms leaves it unable to fight disease. What makes one banana tree suffer will make every other banana tree suffer.
 

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Does this "adapt" have the object of "diverse forms" or is it an intransitive verb? What does this "adapt" here mean?

3p)The benefit of genetic uniformity is that banana production can be well organized, with each banana developing in exactly the same way every time. However, the banana’s inability to adapt and create diverse forms leaves it unable to fight disease. What makes one banana tree suffer will make every other banana tree suffer.
It's intransitive.
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