Researchers have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both fusarium tropical race 4 (TR4) and black sigatoka, two of the most destructive diseases for bananas.

Prices for Philippine bananas have been flat for seven years, but a surge in production costs amid the Ukraine crisis have made current margins untenable, embassy officials said. ($1 = 133.2500 yen) ...

Almost all of the global banana exports come from this variety, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the U.K. Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.

As Food & Wine reported in September, bananas across the globe are facing extinction due to TR4. It specifically affects Cavendish bananas, the world's most popular type of banana, attacking the ...

About 170 of Mr. Sachter-Smith’s finds reside in the International Musa Germplasm Transit Center, a gene bank in Belgium that safeguards the in vitro DNA of more than 1,600 banana varieties for ...

Philippine banana exporters, hurting from delays in payments on shipments to Iran because of Western sanctions, are considering halting exports completely to one of their biggest markets, the head ...

Prices for Philippine bananas have been flat for seven years, but a surge in production costs amid the Ukraine crisis have made current margins untenable, embassy officials said. ($1 = 133.2500 yen) ...