Scientists have successfully engineered Yelloway One, a banana plant resistant to two of the most destructive diseases.

Here are seven clever ways to put banana peels to good use. Banana peels are rich in potassium, phosphorus, and calcium, all essential minerals for plants’ growth. You can chop the peels finely and ...

If you thought that the only type of bananas out there were the ones piled up at your grocery store, think again. There are actually more than 1,000 types of bananas consumed around the world, ranging ...

Researchers have successfully developed a banana plant resistant to two of the most harmful diseases affecting bananas: ...

The new hybrid is called Yelloway One, and Gert Kema, a professor at Wageningen University, views it as a major breakthrough ...

Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

Africa’s Banana Bunchy Top Disease Alliance said up to 16 countries on the continent have been hit by BBTV, which renders plants unproductive and eventually kills them. The disease leads to ...

A Reddit user got an unpleasant surprise when they bit into a banana that was speckled with red and brown marks, leaving the internet disgusted. The user, Wiggan1989, shared a photo of the fruit ...

Panama disease causing wilt in banana plants (left) and brown discolouration in the pseudostem (right).Credit: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries The fungus strangles the plant’s vascular ...

But the convenience doesn’t stop there. Some retailers now also give shoppers detailed instructions on how to care for their plants after purchase, so even if you’re just starting to dip your ...

For thousands of years, plant breeders have taken advantage of these variations to create high-yielding crop varieties. In 1983, the first genetically modified organisms , or GMOs, appeared in ...