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2026-02-25

Banana Breakthrough: Scientists Discover Key to Fighting Devastating Crop Disease

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<img alt="Banana Breakthrough: Scientists Discover Key to Fighting Devastating Crop Disease" src="https://www.goodnewspost.co.uk/content/images/2026/02/image-25.jpeg" /><p><strong>By Science Correspondent</strong></p><p><strong>A major scientific breakthrough could help protect the world&#x2019;s banana supply after researchers identified a crucial source of genetic resistance to a deadly fungal disease.</strong></p><p>Experts at the&#xa0;<a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/?ref=goodnewspost.co.uk" rel="noreferrer"><strong>The University of Queensland</strong></a>&#xa0;have pinpointed the region of DNA that gives wild bananas resistance to Fusarium wilt Sub-Tropical Race 4 (STR4) &#x2014; a strain of Panama disease that threatens Cavendish banana crops globally.</p><h2 id="dr-andrew-chen-and-professor-elizabeth-aitken-discovered-the-resistance-within-a-wild-diploid-banana-known-as-calcutta-4">Dr Andrew Chen and Professor Elizabeth Aitken discovered the resistance within a wild diploid banana known as Calcutta 4. </h2><p></p><p>The soil-borne disease, commonly referred to as Panama disease, attacks the plant&#x2019;s vascular system, causing it to wilt and die while leaving fungal spores in the soil that can infect future crops.</p><p>By crossbreeding resistant wild bananas with susceptible varieties and exposing successive generations to STR4, the team compared DNA from plants that survived with those that did not. Their analysis mapped resistance to chromosome 5 in Calcutta 4 &#x
@iveylineIveyline@mastodon.nz
2026-02-23

The banana flower I posted a few days ago is now opening up and the baby bananas are beginning to show. This flower is likely to set 100 - 120 bananas in 8 hands the way it is looking. #bananas #flower #doubtlessbay

Banana flower opening up
Jetse de Vriesfuture_upbeat
2026-02-22

Audiophiles, check this out:

🎤—🎼—🍌—🎧

futurism.com/robots-and-machin

Now I understand Google’s Nano Banana: they literally run it through a banana (although in this case it’s probably overripe…🧐

PMFL :coffefied:PMFL@masto.pt
2026-02-22

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Check out this video by @paradox!

loops.video/v/e0jcd0Kew1

#loops #bananas #cramps

MX Reo KellyMX_Reo_Kelly
2026-02-22

NEW CHAPTER upload of . "file #04: missing pages. Also calling it: The issue, Today is a good day for

patreon.com/posts/glissory-fil

charring auhcharring59
2026-02-21

Explore delicious recipes and creative uses for and perfect for adding tropical flair to your cooking and entertaining.

Explore delicious recipes and creative uses for #bananas and perfect for adding tropical flair to your cooking and entertaining. #coconut
DragofixDragofix@veganism.social
2026-02-21

Toxic metals found in bananas after Brazil mining disaster sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

#plantbased #food #banana #bananas #Brazil #mining

@iveylineIveyline@mastodon.nz
2026-02-21

Here in the Far North we can grow a range of locally adapted bananas and plantains - which taste way better than imported bananas. This flower bud will open up over the next couple of weeks and set at least 100 bananas. #aotearoa #doubtlessbay #bananas

A banana flower
Petra van CronenburgNatureMC@mastodon.online
2026-02-20

An orange horror clown wants to have #bananas from the whole world. Supreme Court rules: Don't feed bananas to this clown, it was not allowed!

Clown now wants moremoremore bananas. 🤡

Sorry that I named the USA a rogue state. It's just bananas! 🍌🍌🍌 *Minions singing* *hysterical laughter*
Can you imagine future children reading history schoolbooks about our time?!? 🙈 😱

Stockton Sustainability FarmStocktonSustFarm
2026-02-20

Just going bananas over here in the greenhouse!

A picture of seeded flats and young banana plants in our greenhouse with the text, “I’m going absolutely bananas!!!!”
@iveylineIveyline
2026-02-17

Our local Far North bananas. Medium size but huge flavour and a smooth texture.

That Blair GuyThatBlairGuy@mstdn.social
2026-02-17

🎶 Yes, we have no #bananas....

#baking

The image shows the inside of a cardboard box lined with crumpled brown paper that has small ventilation holes punched throughout. There are dark wet stains on the paper, and a clear plastic bag is tucked along the right side of the box.
That Blair GuyThatBlairGuy@mstdn.social
2026-02-16

Nearly out of #bananas

The image shows the inside of a large cardboard produce box with ventilation holes on the sides. Inside the box are several bunches of ripe yellow bananas, some with brown spots and bruising. A few bananas still have small produce stickers attached. The bottom of the box is lined with brown paper, which has dark stains that look like moisture or juice from the fruit. On the right side, there is a crumpled clear plastic bag. The bananas are arranged loosely along the sides of the box, leaving the center mostly empty.
Amazon Restoreamazonrestore@gram.social
2026-02-15
#Fruit is art.

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/volunteer/finca-del-soul/

#Amazon #Amazonia #gardening
#FoodForest #FruitForest #FoodFreedom
#fruiterrarist #fruiterrarism
#GrowYourOwn #banana #bananas
#pineapple #ananas #ananás
The photo looks down at a pineapple plant bearing a small fruit. The late-afternoon sunlight casts everything in a yellowish glow. The leaves of the plant appear red and yellow, and the fruit is a striking mix of greens, yellows, pinks, purples, and reds. The deeper green of the pinto peanut surrounding the pineapple plant creates additional contrast.The photo is a close-up angled down at a small raceme of wild pink bananas. The bright pink contrasts with the light-green petioles and the almost blue-green of the leaves in the background.
Marc AbrahamsMarcAbrahams@mstdn.science
2026-02-13

Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, TONIGHT Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg improbable.com/2026/02/10/impr

Artiste_911artiste-911.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2026-02-11

Getting close to harvest. Beauty of living on a Tropical Island 🏝 #Fiji 🇫🇯 #pacific #bananas #tropicalisland #blueskyfamily

Getting close to harvest. Beauty of living on a Tropical Island 🏝 #Fiji 🇫🇯 #pacific #bananas #tropicalisland #blueskyfamily
Marc AbrahamsMarcAbrahams@mstdn.science
2026-02-10

Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg improbable.com/2026/02/10/impr

Amazon Restoreamazonrestore@gram.social
2026-02-08
A typical mess in the kitchen. Help us eat it?

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/volunteer/finca-del-soul/

#Amazon #Amazonia #GrowYourOwn
#FoodForest #FruitForest #FoodFreedom
#veganic #homestead #harvest
#fruiterrarist #fruiterrarism
#fruit #citrus #lime #rangpur
#lulo #naranjilla #banana #bananas
#pineapple #ananas #ananás
The photo shows the perspective looking across the length of a kitchen countertop. Fruits are strewn about in a disorderly fashion. In the foreground are many Citrus fruits (rangpur limes) and 3 large hybrid naranjillas. In the middle are three pineapples lying on their sides. In the background, near the wall, are a fourth pineapple and a home-made bowl (Crescentia cujete).a close-up photo looking down at a rack of small green bananas leaning against a pink wall
Shoe Billthe@ultracrepidarian.mysteriar.ch
2026-02-06

I used to be a cashier.

Contrary to popular belief, if you bring the cashier some "funny" combination of things, they are unlikely to notice.

If you want them to remember you forever, bring them an entire, full size cart, filled to the brim with one item and nothing else.

This is about the time someone cleared all of the bananas with no explanation, as if that were normal.

#Random #Retail #Bananas

MSchulz Cartoonsmschulzcartoons
2026-02-06

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