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

Just like the dwarf Cavendish, this variety also needs a lot of heat and sunlight. When it comes to watering, it’s important ...

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

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 ...

The banana plant, which falls under the genus Musa, is not a tree but an enormous herb ... (You won’t.) Its name, Cavendish, ...

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 ...

“This dwarf banana tree variety maxes out around 8 to 10 feet tall, and may produce white flowers which develop into small bananas,” he adds. Fun fact: It’s technically not a tree; it is an her ...

The banana equivalent ... For example, Dwarf Red, that tastes a little like raspberries, Lady Fingers, that are smaller and sweeter than Cavendish, or Blue Java, that tastes like vanilla ice ...

also known as dwarf fruit trees. 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 ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana ... Dwarf Red, that tastes a little like raspberries, Lady Fingers, that are smaller and sweeter than Cavendish ...