Banana is one of the most important crops of the world. Cavendish-type bananas, which have a monospecific Musa acuminata origin, account for around half...
New research led by the global research-for-development organization Bioversity International confirms that the genomes of today’s domesticated banana...
In new research, an international team of scientists examined the dental calculus of individuals who lived during the 2nd millennium BCE in the Southern...
New research suggests Indigenous people on the tiny island of Mabuyag in the western Torres Strait, Australia, practiced banana (Musa cultivars) cultivation...
An international team of scientists from Colombia and Canada has found that adding a fibrous extract from banana fruit stems (rachis) to ice cream could...
A shape-shifting frog from Ecuador, a giant virus from Siberia, and a bioluminescent shark are among the twenty most bizarre species discovered in the...
A team of Thai botanists has announced the discovery of what they say is a new species of wild banana.
Musa nanensis: male inflorescence. Image credit:...
Sci-News.com compiles an annual list of the top 20 new species of animals, plants and insects found in the past twelve months.
1. Araguaian boto (Inia...
Botanists from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have described a new species in the genus Musa.
Musa arunachalensis. Image credit: Sreejith...
An international consortium of plant scientists has completed the first sequencing of the banana genome.
Bananas (Steve Hopson / www.stevehopson.com)
The...
