ERODE/TIRUPPUR: Following heavy rain and strong winds, over 50,000 banana plants have collapsed in various villages in ...

Banana plants, Musa spp., are herbaceous perennials native to tropical and subtropical rainforests. Increasingly popular, they add structure and panache to both indoor and outdoor gardens.

To grow the best quality tomatoes, a gardening enthusiast has shared her recipe for a natural fertiliser she claims works the ...

Treat a Burn You can treat a minor burn with a banana peel if you do not have a burn cream handy, according to yahoo!life.

Fernando: So now you can compare, this is Tropical Race 4 in a Cavendish banana. Then this plant looks very healthy. Narrator: One scientist recently developed a line of Cavendish that is ...

She flashes a smile. “Belgium doesn’t grow bananas, so we don’t have banana pests and diseases. It’s easy to quarantine the plants—there’s no risk of introducing dangerous diseases to ...

Each plant was a clone of roughly the same size and shape, produced from suckers – lateral shoots that develop from the rootstalk – making it easy to mass produce. It means each banana plant ...

One subspecies, the Pacific banana slug, can grow up to 9 inches long, making it the second-largest slug in the world. The banana slug is often bright yellow, though it can be brown, white ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One in four women in India don't have the supplies they need for their period. Saathi Pads is turning farm waste into biodegradable pads that could prevent the ...

Ever wondered where in the world people pay the most for bananas? The answer might surprise you. Discover the cost of the ...