In fact, with the right lighting, you can cultivate a thriving indoor mini-garden ... no place for a banana tree (Musa spp.), but there are multiple dwarf species under 10 feet tall that you can grow ...

Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of ...

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

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

The banana could be saved from extinction after scientists ... Modern bananas are at high risk of disease and extinction because all Cavendish bananas are clones descended from a plant created in the ...

Cyclist Sir Mark Cavendish showed Karen Carney his knighthood medal, then the former England footballer let him take a look at her Order of the British Empire. Carney, 37, held out her award and ...

Mark Cavendish says he still intends to race again this season but has reaffirmed that he will not be competing at another Tour de France. Cavendish, 39, received his knighthood this week at ...

A mix of clear spells and patchy cloud to start the night. During the early hours, thick cloud will become widespread from the west, leaving mostly cloudy skies and the odd spot of drizzle by dawn ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...