A new research project is set to help safeguard banana crops from Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4) - a soil-borne disease that poses one of the ...

A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact genetic region in a wild banana that provides resistance to Fusarium wilt ...

In tropical latitudes, a dry, hot climate prevails and this encourages a characteristic environment : the bush. Usually the land is barren and there is dust everywhere. Certain animal and plant ...

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a valuable step forward for banana breeding ...

Home to frogs with Wolverine claws, primitive rabbits, and stunning beaches with crystalline waters, Japan's lesser-known ...

A deceptively simple question underlies many global environmental policies: where, exactly, are the world’s forests? A new study suggests the answer depends heavily on which map one consults—and that ...

Ginger rhizomes take 8–10 months to reach full maturity—much longer than the Illinois outdoor growing season. However, “fresh” or “baby” ginger is harvested at around five months, making it well ...

Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots—offering a new weapon against one of the tropics’ most overlooked health ...

This past week’s cold temperatures definitely got low enough to damage the tropical and subtropical plants that make up our ...

An international team of scientists have identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some of the most dangerous species of scorpion in the world. The researchers have established the key ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) reported the first travel-related dengue fever case in the state this year. The infected person recently returned to Maui after ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first travel-related dengue virus case in the state this year.