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 ...

International food scientists warn that a decades-long, unresolved fungal disease threatening banana plants is endangering ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a new disease-resistant banana called Yelloway One. Yelloway researchers use conventional breeding techniques, not genetic modification. The Yelloway Initiative is trying to ...

The bananas we know and love have been at risk of extinction from a fungal disease. The good news is that scientists may have found a way to save them, according to a study published in the journal ...

Sweet, savory, raw, fried or baked. A main course, side dish, dessert or smoothie. Raise a hand: Who doesn’t have at least one fond memory of the world’s most widely consumed fruit, the banana? Maybe ...