search
bananas
Banana republic: Israel faces killer fungus that can destroy the crop nationwide
By Amir Ben-David
Israeli researchers struggle to contain a particularly violent strain of Panama disease, a global threat that is eating its way through one of the country’s most profitable crops
Bananas on display in a Jerusalem market. Banana farming is one of the most stable and profitable agricultural sectors in Israel and the largest among the country's plantation-based crops. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 6, 2019, 5:13 pm
Banana republic: Israel faces killer fungus that can destroy the crop nationwide
Israeli researchers struggle to contain a particularly violent strain of Panama disease, a global threat that is eating its way through one of the country’s most profitable crops
By Amir Ben-David
Illustrative photo of a person peeling a banana. (iStock)
April 29, 2019, 1:54 pm
Ban on banana-eating artwork draws ridicule in Poland
Activists, opposition politicians post photos of themselves eating the fruit after a video featured at Warsaw museum was deemed obscene
By Agencies
A young African Sudanese man seen riding a truck carrying bananas in Juba, the capital of the Republic of South Sudan. (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90
From the WebSeptember 28, 2017, 2:21 pm
Genetic manipulation makes strides in war against banana fungus
Calcalist: Israel’s Evogene Ltd. and Rahan Meristem Ltd. say they have managed to develop fungus resistant banana strains
Banana bread (photo credit: roygbivibgyor [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
November 3, 2013, 12:22 pm
Going bananas
The best way to use up that overripe fruit sitting on the counter
By Phyllis Glazer
Load More