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 ...
Bananas grow in a greenhouse at Elo Life Sciences, an RTP company who is developing a genetically modified banana that is resistant to a deadly fungus sweeping through much of the world’s banana crop ...
Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit. Americans eat nearly 27 pounds per person every year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world’s ...
Few things can strike fear into the heart of a banana farmer more than finding an infestation of the banana weevil. Females of this coffee bean–sized insect lay their eggs between the plant’s leaves ...
The banana apocalypse is near, but UMass Amherst biologists might have found a key to their survival
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 ...
(Beyond Pesticides, November 7, 2024) Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts in the Caribbean nation of ...
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