According to the team, the discovery will help develop banana varieties that are more resistant to Fusarium wilt. While the ...

It’s hard to believe such a commonplace food as the banana could go extinct, but this reality has already happened and continues to develop before our very eyes. Cheap, healthy, and convenient, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed a new disease-resistant banana called Yelloway One. Yelloway researchers use conventional breeding ...

A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact ...

It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructive fungus. A disease that ravages banana crops has made ...

SYDNEY - An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country's $420 million industry. The so-called ...

Bananas are among the most grown and eaten fruits worldwide. There are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas, but the most common is the Cavendish banana – which accounts for just under half of all ...

There’s no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of cement paths, disinfection stations, and production strategies could net 3 ...

A wild banana’s hidden gene may help save the world’s favorite fruit from a relentless fungal threat. Scientists have identified a powerful source of natural resistance to a fungal disease that ...

Chiquita Brands International is betting that the next chapter in bananas won’t be entirely written in a lab with gene ...