In a new study, researchers have uncovered a wealth of hidden diversity among wild banana species in mainland Southeast Asia. The discovery, which has been published in PLoS ONE, highlights the ...

One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. Namwa ...

Scientists from The University of Queensland have identified the genomic region linked to resistance against Fusarium wilt Sub Tropical Race 4 in a wild banana subspecies. The work marks a step ...

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers have identified a broad range of diversity among wild banana species in mainland Southeast Asia. This research, conducted through extensive ...

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Newswise — Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated by people 7,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. But the domestication history of bananas is complicated, while their ...

Funding: This study was funded by the Sud Expert Plantes Développement Durable programme through the DivBa SEP2D project (AAP3-97) and the BforBB open science project supported by the Agropolis ...

Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated by people 7,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. But the domestication history of bananas is complicated, while their classification is hotly ...