The bananas you find in the average U.S. grocery store are pretty much the same: They're the genetic variety known as Cavendish. In the market in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, though, you have choices. Brian ...

For more than two decades, I have been working to improve several staple food crops in Africa, including bananas, plantains, cassavas and yams. As principal scientist and a plant biotechnologist at ...

Researcher Mary Mwangi and sociologist Grace Ngare look at a banana fruit at a farm in Kawanjara, Runyenjes. New banana varieties that are softer and take a shorter time to cook are being evaluated by ...