The banana is the world’s most popular fruit crop, with over 100 million metric tons produced annually in over 130 tropical and subtropical countries. Edible bananas are the result of a genetic ...

The bananas we know and love have been at risk of extinction from a fungal disease. The good news is that scientists may have found a way to save them, according to a study published in the ...

Yelloway One is a new variety of banana that's edible and resistant to some key fungal diseases. It could help save the world ...

The banana equivalent to Covid-19 is spreading to new countries, forcing the industry to change how the world’s most widely eaten fruit is farmed and even how it could taste. Akiller disease ...

Following is a transcription of the video: Narrator: The world's most popular banana may be on the verge of extinction. Fernando: Similar to humans, bananas are also facing a pandemic. Narrator ...

Development of new technological systems that control major diseases affecting bananas and cacao Bananas and cacao are important crops for food security and economic development in developing ...

The multi-million shilling banana industry is being threatened by banana bunchy top, a disease that causes banana leaves to sprout from the top of the plant stunting growth. The viral disease that ...

The Switzerland-headquartered company says it 'represents a breakthrough in sustainable banana production.' There's a brand-new banana on the block that promises to be at least partially resistant ...

The effort is part of the organization's “Combating banana bunchy top virus in East Africa" project, created to develop a ...