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

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There are thousands of banana varieties to know and love—here are ... and an innermost layer containing several seeds. Banana plants belong to the biological genus Musa, which contains 83 ...

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

Cavendish banana varieties are reproduced asexually. Plants of one variety are genetic ... it and the profits from growing bananas, he said. Small producers may not be able to afford the ...

Chiquita, in partnership with KeyGene, MusaRadix, and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), is proud to announce the ...

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One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. Namwa bananas in Hawaii. The banana plant, which falls under the genus Musa, is not a tree but ...

In a new study, researchers have uncovered a wealth of hidden diversity among wild banana species in mainland Southeast Asia.

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

As the sun beats down from a cloudless morning sky across Horn Farm in York, Pennsylvania, Dick Bono ambles among his pawpaw trees ... varieties, he came from Florida for his first pawpaw festival in ...