New research has found it will be economically unsustainable by 2080 for many areas across Latin America and the Caribbean to continue growing bananas for export, because of rising temperatures caused ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

CABI has led a team of scientists who have used DNA barcodes to narrow down the possible sources of introductions of an ...

In this video, I give you valuable tips and advice about growing banana plants at home in your garden. Raised Garden Beds: Go here to get Birdies Raised Garden beds in the USA, Canada, and UK: for a ...

The soft, yellow flesh of the edible varieties is the result of a mutation many thousands of years ago that rendered the fruits of these plants sterile. In fact, Cavendish – the banana variety ...

Traditional plant stands seem to come in two styles: those mid-century-modern ones that stay low to the ground and fit just one big pot, and the more bookshelf-style bamboo units with a few ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Nano-agrochemicals and nanomedicine are two areas of active research. While ...

Plants need water to make their own food. This is called photosynthesis. It happens in plant leaves. Plants also need carbon dioxide from air and sunlight to make their food. Slide 1 of 3 ...

Plants play a few very important roles. For example, they provide us with food and they even help us to breathe. JOHNNY P LANT: Plants are amazing, animals depend upon them for grazing from the ...