There will come a time that people realize that there are not enough bananas, and prices will shoot up,” says Fresh Del Monte ...

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 ...

Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out ...

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 ...

Any banana you eat today is probably a clone. You may have noticed it doesn’t have seeds. And that’s because nearly every ...

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 ...

Bananas are more popular than most people realize. According to the Mayo Clinic, over 100 billion of them are eaten every year, and Americans alone eat about 90 bananas per year apiece. But it wasn't ...

Though there are many varieties of bananas, the Cavendish is the variety preferred by export chains. However, this banana does not have seeds, which means that a significant majority of the bananas on ...