It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructive fungus. A disease that ravages banana crops has made ...

SYDNEY - An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country's $420 million industry. The so-called ...

A FUNGAL BIOBANK at Central Luzon State University in Nueva Ecija is expected to improve disease management practices for ...

The multi-million shilling banana industry is being threatened by banana bunchy top, a disease that causes banana leaves to sprout from the top of the plant stunting growth. The viral disease that ...

There’s no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of cement paths, disinfection stations, and production strategies could net 3 ...

A deadly infection responsible for wiping out a commercial variety of bananas back in the 1950s and 1960s has once again reared its ugly head in recent years, threatening to make extinct the entire ...

Fusarium wilt of banana is currently decimating the Cavendish banana —the world’s most popular commercially available banana. Once present in a banana field, the fungus cannot be eradicated, making ...

A bacterial disease threatens to wipe out banana in parts of Nyanza, experts have warned. The disease, identified as xanthomonas, is destroying banana plantations. Siaya and Bondo districts are worst ...

Chiquita has announced a major advancement in banana innovation with the completion of the Yelloway banana pan-genome, a foundational scientific breakthrough designed to accelerate the development of ...

The Switzerland-headquartered company says it 'represents a breakthrough in sustainable banana production.' There's a brand-new banana on the block that promises to be at least partially resistant to ...