The original banana called Gros Michel, AKA Big Mike ... improvements in the speed of getting the fruit from field to customer (thanks to railroads, roads, cable cars, and faster ships) meant ...

It’s been more than 50 years since the lethal soil-borne Fusarium fungal species all but wiped out the dominant Gros Michel banana across ... the modified fruits in field trials in the Northern ...

Up until the 1960s, Gros Michel, or "Big Mike," was the prime ... to further study the dynamics and evolution of banana pathogens in the field, and monitor changes in their resistance to fungicides.

The banana you might have had with your breakfast today is a variety called the Cavendish banana, while the one that was in grocery stores up to the 1950s was a variety called Gros Michel, which ...

Bananas are among the most popular fruits globally and are beloved for their mild, creamy sweetness and the versatile ways you can use them in baking and cooking -- we're even trying to turn the ...

Cavendish, the most commonly available banana variety, is facing the risk of extinction. A fungus that ravages roots is gradually eradicating Cavendish from banana farms all over the world.

Once present in a banana field, the fungus cannot be eradicated ... Over 50 years ago, the first victims of this fungal war were the Gros Michel bananas. Largely in response to banana wilt ...

found that the dominant variety of fusarium wilt isn't exactly the same strain as the one that endangered Gros Michel bananas, which were once the banana of choice in grocery stores across the world.

"The kind of banana we eat today is not the same as the one your grandparents ate. Those old ones, the Gros Michel bananas, are functionally extinct, victims of the first Fusarium outbreak in the ...