Though they share a similar look, bananas and plantains have vastly different flavors, chemical compositions, and culinary ...

Narrator: Ninety-nine percent of bananas exported to developed countries are just one group called the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus ...

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 ...

Each year, humans worldwide eat over 100 billion bananas, most of which are a type called the Cavendish. But perhaps not for long. A fungal disease threatens to wipe Cavendish bananas off the face ...

By the 1960s, one cultivar, the Cavendish, showed signs of resistance that could save the banana industry. Named after the 7th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, who grew the plant in his ...

Artificial banana flavoring can be a bit of a divisive topic. One thing we can all agree on is that banana flavoring doesn't ...

By the 1960s, one cultivar, the Cavendish, showed signs of resistance that could save the banana industry. Named after the 7th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, who grew the plant in his ...

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, also known ...