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

The important thing to remember about growing banana trees is that they usually grow in hot, sunny environments – ideally ...

Solutions to a sustainable future lay all around us. By using natural resources and a little bit of science, students and staff at an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) research initiative are ...

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

Banana leaves and peels offer numerous benefits including antioxidant richness, anti-inflammatory properties, skin health promotion, digestive aid, antimicrobial qualities, and essential nutrients.

As a wild banana, it has an interesting fruit ... This is the central leader and, unlike flowering trees, the central leader will never grow back and you’ll be left with a short, wide shape instead of ...

Once a plantation is infected, it kills all the banana trees and experts say it is extremely hard to get rid of. The fungus has also mutated to threaten the Cavendish, the world's favourite banana ...

In many homes, during festivals and rituals, a banana tree is grown indicative of growth and an auspicious beginning. While the banana is a symbol of abundance, the coconut is often considered to ...

Namwa bananas in Hawaii. The banana plant, which falls under the genus Musa, is not a tree but an enormous herb. It was first domesticated in Papua New Guinea around 7,000 years ago.Credit ...

The bananas you enjoy in the morning, with your cereal, smoothies, with a scoop of peanut butter, in your banana bread, or just on their own, are facing extinction due to a fungal disease known as ...

Following repeated instances of wild elephants raiding crops, Farmers in Thadagam Valley call upon the Forest Department to ...

KANNIYAKUMARI: As elephants damaged hundreds of banana and coconut trees near the foothills of Thelanthi in Kanniyakumari, affected farmers are demanding compensation from the forest department.