Wallace Thomas

Despite their smooth texture, bananas actually do have small seeds inside, but they are commercially propagated through cuttings which means that all bananas are actually… Read More »Why Are All Bananas Clones?

If you ate bananas before the 1950s, you most likely would have been eating the Gros Michel type—but by the early 1960s, they had all… Read More »What Type Of Banana Did We Used To Eat?

Currently, a new outbreak of Panama disease caused by the strain Tropical Race 4 (TR4) threatens the production of the Cavendish banana, today’s most popular… Read More »What Pathogen Is Attacking Bananas Today?

Cavendish banana. Americans and Europeans are most familiar with the Cavendish banana. Most Chiquita bananas are of the Cavendish variety but we’ve different varieties of… Read More »What Type Of Banana Is Chiquita?

Despite their smooth texture, bananas actually do have small seeds inside, but they are commercially propagated through cuttings which means that all bananas are actually… Read More »Are All Bananas Clones?

The Musa acuminata species of banana is native to Southeast Asia. Most of the bananas you buy in the store are from this variety. The… Read More »Which Are Natural Bananas?

04/7​Yellow These variants are the ‘perfect’ bananas for many. This sweeter, softer yellow banana is easier to digest as the resistant starch changes into simple… Read More »Which Is The Best Banana?

Musa acuminata. Musa acuminata, wild ancestor of the domestic banana plants. Where are bananas original originally from? Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated… Read More »What Is The Ancestor Of Bananas?