Bananas are everywhere — school cafeterias, $9 smoothies, perhaps even rotting on your kitchen counter. They’re a cheap ...

News broke late last week that a fungal disease that kills Cavendish banana plants has been detected in Latin America for the first time. A strain of the Fusarium fungus, which causes so-called ...

Banana trees are not actually trees, but, nonetheless, some types deserve more credit for their ability to potentially ...

Another dwarf banana variety is the lady finger, which hails from the South Pacific. Just like the dwarf Cavendish ... indoor ...

But the Cavendish is under threat from a fungus that infects the plant. The infection is called Panama Disease (Fusarium wilt) tropical race 4. TR4 infection starts in the banana tree's roots and ...

The cultivar was chosen by the burgeoning banana industry because it produces large, tasty fruit that can be cut from the tree unripe ... one cultivar, the Cavendish, showed signs of resistance ...

The banana might be the most artificial fruit in the world. The domestic banana that we eat is an asexual clone, one that results from the sedate, artificial act of vegetative propagation.

“I chose it for its unique, bold palm look and the easy care that succulents and cactuses ... “This dwarf banana tree variety maxes out around 8 to 10 feet tall, and may produce white flowers ...

The following varieties of lemon, apricot, banana, fig and other small trees will be your best bets if you’re looking for fruits to grow indoors, right alongside your other tall indoor plants ...

The cultivar was chosen by the burgeoning banana industry because it produces large, tasty fruit that can be cut from the tree unripe ... one cultivar, the Cavendish, showed signs of resistance ...