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

The bananas you enjoy in the morning, with your cereal, smoothies, with a scoop of peanut butter, in your banana bread, or ...

Canned bananas would really only be a practical option if fresh varieties were difficult to find during certain times of the ...

If your homemade fruit salads typically contain the run-of-the-mill Cavendish bananas you find at the store, you've been ...

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

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 ...

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

As the vast majority of bananas exported to the EU and the US are Cavendish varieties, do we need to worry about supplies to the UK? While the fungus is not harmful to humans, it has the potential ...

How to make the most of the boom in organic bananas. Consumers have faced significant inflationary pressures over recent ...

Why not use them? Already in countries like India, Indonesia and the Philippines people eat tens of different varieties of bananas, all of which offer different tastes, smells and sizes.

And, like many popular foods, canned varieties are often a convenient option compared to their fresh counterparts -- which may require extra effort and attention to work with. But bananas aren't ...