Bananas are among the world’s most important food crops. Dessert bananas are produced primarily for homegrown consumption in China and India and for export to the northern hemisphere in Latin America.

Xishuangbanna is one of the most suitable areas for banana cultivation in China. Heavy application of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation in banana plantations has disturbed the soil ...

Nematodes are tiny worms which live in the soil and infest plant roots. During their process of feeding, nematodes tunnel through the root cortex leading to expansion of the lesions around. Banana is ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that some banana varieties accumulate specific plant toxins in the immediate vicinity of root tissue that has been attacked by the parasitic ...

This news release is available in German. Bananas are a major food staple for about 400 million people in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, banana yields ...