Sweet, creamy, and slightly floral, the Gros Michel banana—the precursor to the Cavendish—was the perfect cultivar. Beyond ...

By the middle of the nineteenth century it was known that the Gros Michel banana—now the principal variety of commerce—not only would grow but would grow marvellously on the rich soils of the ...

The successful field trial marks a significant breakthrough in the fight against Fusarium wilt. By focusing on parental improvement through mutation breeding, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre is developing a ...

Our standard supermarket banana, a variety called Cavendish, may be at the brink of disaster. Chosen for its resistance to a fungal pathogen that wiped out its predecessor, the Gros Michel banana, the ...

The devastating impact of Fusarium wilt was historically seen in the 1950s when the Gros Michel banana variety, once the ...