Do banana peels contain a psychoactive substance? Is it dangerous to eat green bananas? We're setting the record straight and ...

New research suggests increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply reducing sodium intake.

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Production of banana has declined over the past three decades, primarily due to soil fertility depletion, drought and attacks from pathogens such as banana bacterial wilt, black Sigatoka and fusarium ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Angela Mason Foster Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer Few plants have ...

Uganda is known for bananas. The tropical fruit grows there, and it’s also a major culinary staple in the country. But banana growers in Uganda struggle to make a living, because of a bumper crop — ...

Imagine biting into a perfectly crisp fried pickle while steel drums play in the background and a plastic parrot watches you ...

Growing ordinary apples and strawberries in your garden is satisfying, but there's something particularly exciting about harvesting exotic fruits that your neighbors have never seen. Contrary to ...

“After several years of development, we started production of [non-browning] seedlings about a year ago, and we’re now starting to offer significant quantities of these banana plants to farmers," ...

So when it comes to gardens, tropical plants have a good time here. And home gardeners like Eve Thyrum in Kennett Square are using them to add a bit of drama to their properties. Thyrum’s got elephant ...

and the banana’s sometimes-purple streaks. Philadelphia-area gardeners like Thyrum are embracing tropical plants as dramatic additions to home gardens. Whether in a container, flower box, or backyard ...