Bananas may be an American household staple, but in the 1950’s when the modern variety first came to grocery stores they were nearly wiped out. That’s because global populations were being infected by ...

Bananas are one of the most beloved fruits on the planet, gracing breakfast tables, smoothies and lunch boxes alike. Yet ...

A PLANT pathologist from the University of the Southeastern Philippines (USEP) in Davao City is testing bacterial endophytes from the roots of a healthy banana plant to fight the fungus of an infected ...

“I’m a plant pathologist at the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Organization in Machakos, east of Nairobi. For more than a decade, I’ve been working on a sustainable way to control Striga, a ...

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