A suspected case of Panama fungal disease has been found at a Queensland banana plant. Panama is a disease affecting banana plants, is resistant to pesticide and affects their ability to produce fruit. After...

Australian researchers have developed a banana rich in pro-vitamin A to help address nutrition deficiencies. It is estimated that 650, 000 – 700, 0000 children worldwide die from pro-vitamin A deficiency...

Bananas are Australia’s most popular fruit, new Nielsen research has found. After surveying Australian households, Nielsen discovered that in the past year, nine out of 10, or 94 per cent, purchased...

A group of scientists are warning that bananas could become a delicacy within ten years unless a solution can be found to fungal diseases plaguing the banana industry. The warning comes after the group...

A large study into the evolution and distribution of a major banana disease virus has been carried out by an international team of researchers, led by Dr Arvind Varsani from the University of Canterbury...

Sanitarium launches new ‘wholefood’ snack bars in Australia Breakfast cereal and snack food manufacturer Sanitarium has launched a new range of ‘wholefood’ fruit and nut snack bars called Naturally...

The ‘Banana Bar’, a specially designed fresh banana vending machine launched earlier this year by a Queensland banana grower, has expanded its network of machines. Australian Food News reported in...

A Turkish teen whose science project developed a method to make bioplastic for electrical insulation cables from banana peels has won the second annual Scientific American Science in Action Award. The...

As prices for bananas begin to return to normal levels in Australia, Baskin-Robbins is providing another way for Aussies to get their banana fix: the brand has launched a new banana flavour ice cream. Baskin-Robbins...

Mark Twain called it “the most delicious fruit known to man.” But the cherimoya, or custard apple, and its close relations the sugar apple and soursop, also have lots of big, awkward seeds....