It specifically affects Cavendish bananas, the world's most popular type of banana, attacking the roots and causing the plant to rot before dying. Over the last 10 years, the fungus has ...

Yelloway One is a new variety of banana that's edible and resistant to some key fungal diseases. It could help save the world ...

Bananas are one of the most widely cultivated fruits in India, favoured for their taste, nutritional value, and economic ...

The soft, yellow flesh of the edible varieties is the result of a mutation many thousands of years ago that rendered the fruits of these plants sterile. In fact, Cavendish – the banana variety ...

Fernando: So now you can compare, this is Tropical Race 4 in a Cavendish banana. Then this plant looks very healthy. Narrator: One scientist recently developed a line of Cavendish that is ...

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 ...

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 image shows leaf yellowing on a Cavendish banana plant in northern Mozambique. The plant was infected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4), a soil-borne fungus ...

The maximum height of your banana plant will depend on the cultivar you select. Dwarf varieties top out at six feet, while some tallest types can grow over 20 feet tall. Banana trees can grow quickly, ...

Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.

British cyclist Mark Cavendish is set to compete in his final professional race at the two-day Tour de France Criterium in early November, race organisers have said. Cavendish, 39, nicknamed the ...

It was previously thought that combining ... Invasive Plants Drive Homogenization of Soil Microbial Communities Across U.S. Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping ...