A staple of breakfasts and desserts, the Cavendish banana is now facing an unprecedented threat. A fearsome fungus, Panama ...

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 ...

It's time to fix that, though. From red bananas to Blue Java to Lady Finger to Cavendish (spoiler alert: It's the most common in the United States), a world of tasty bananas is waiting to be explored.

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 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 ...

Our standard supermarket banana, a variety called Cavendish, may be at the brink of disaster. Chosen for its resistance to a fungal pathogen that wiped out its predecessor, the Gros Michel banana, the ...

But it turns out more and more Kiwis are getting into the banana game, and there are way more varieties than the Cavendish kind we see in stores. Ed Hayes and his wife, who had a plantation in ...

With humour and curiosity, our blogger reflects on the bizarre research topics of today—from cavendish bananas and men’s eating habits to the oddity of Ancient Roman studies.

Falling rice prices have led to protests by farmers and hurt the government's popularity, especially that of Commerce ...

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 ...