Making oncom is almost magical. It starts with a pile of soy pulp, which is wrapped in banana leaves and sprinkled with the ...

A recent study conducted by scientists at ESPOL has unveiled the biotechnological potential of microorganisms from Antarctica ...

The reddening of the seeds inside the fruit indicates the fungus's presence within a banana. So, before eating a banana ...

There's no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of ...

A deadly fungus is threatening to destroy most of the ... Now, a bioengineering firm is trying to save the banana through gene editing. Todd Rands, CEO of Elo Life Systems, joins us to discuss.

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 ...

And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus that's now ravaging banana farms across the globe. Fernando: So now you can compare, this is Tropical Race 4 in a ...

Researchers have developed a new disease-resistant banana called Yelloway One. Yelloway researchers use conventional breeding techniques, not genetic modification. The Yelloway Initiative is ...

Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past 30 years. But within the last decade the epidemic has suddenly accelerated, spreading from ...