A deadly fungus is threatening to destroy most of the world's bananas. Fungicides and other chemicals can't kill it, so ...

Ensuring history doesn't repeat itself a third time The Cavendish only became the world's most widely eaten banana in the ...

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 ...

In late September, Chiquita, in partnership with KeyGene, MusaRadix, and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), announced ...

Can you name any connections between Banana slugs, black abalone, Dungeness crabs and the California golden chanterelle? They ...

Berkeley postdoctoral fellow and researcher Vayu Hill-Maini researched a fungi that converts food waste into nutritious — and ...

Considered to be the most destructive disease for these crops in modern times, the latest tropical race 4 (TR4) strain is caused by the soil-borne fungus ... forced this banana variant into ...

The banana could be saved from extinction after scientists made a key breakthrough in the battle against a fungus that threatens to wipe out the fruit. Panama Disease is a fungal infection ...