These varieties are determined by the acquisition of strain-specific accessory genes in addition to a shared core genome. "We now know that the Cavendish banana-destroying pathogen TR4 did not ...

The banana you know and love is in trouble. A variety called the Cavendish, which makes up the majority of banana imports around the world (and is America's most popular food), is being publicly ...

More than 100 billion bananas are consumed each year, making it the fourth most important crop after wheat, rice and corn Buy a banana and it ... developing a new strain capable of killing them ...

The new strain of Tropical Race 4 (TR4) of fusarium wilt disease has the potential to cause extensive devastation to banana industry in the country if it is not contained on a war footing ...