Banana

As the banana ripens, the starch in it turns into sugar. For this reason, unripe (green) bananas are high in starch and resistant starch, while… Read More »Why Are Unripe Bananas Not Sweet?

Because all edible varieties of bananas are sterile, introducing new genetic traits to help cope with pests and diseases is nearly impossible. Are store bought… Read More »Are All Bananas Sterile?

Like other fresh fruit and vegetables, bananas stay alive after picking. Like people, bananas breathe, or respire, taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide ―… Read More »Are Bananas Alive?

These are known variously as seed balls, potato apples, potato tomatoes, or simply as berries, which is the most accurate description, botanically speaking. Tomatoes and… Read More »Is Potato A Berry?

“10 Shockingly Man-made Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables We Didn’t Know” Bananas. When and where bananas came from was the subject of an analysis of the… Read More »What Are The Man Made Fruits?

Yes, ancient Romans knew about bananas. What fruit did the Romans eat? Popular fruit included apples, pears, figs, grapes, quinces, citron, strawberries, blackberries, elderberries, currants,… Read More »Did Romans Eat Bananas?

chimpanzees. Ever since researchers sequenced the chimp genome in 2005, they have known that humans share about 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees, making them… Read More »What Animal Has The Closest Dna To Humans?

Identical Bananas Around the Globe Despite their smooth texture, bananas actually do have small seeds inside, but they are commercially propagated through cuttings which means… Read More »Why Are All Bananas The Same?

The female flowers have stamens (male parts), but the stamens do not produce good pollen grains. Pollen grains contain the sperm. The female part of… Read More »How Does Banana Fruit Develop?

More than 100 million metric tons of bananas are produced worldwide annually, and there have been no signs of a significant decline. “I don’t think… Read More »Will Banana Go Extinct?