Background Banana fruit is a popular crop in global agriculture production and trade.
Bananas are delicate fresh produce where external factors can highly affect their quality …

Climatic factors and pathogenic fungi threaten global banana production. Moreover,
bananas are being cultivated using excessive amendments of nitrogen and pesticides …

The yield‐increasing effects of agricultural cooperative membership have been widely
examined in the literature. However, so far, little is known about whether cooperative …

Fusarium wilt of banana caused by the soil-borne fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense,
Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4)(Syn. Fusarium odoratissimum), is a major threat to the global …

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade consisting of MKKK, MKK, and MPK
plays an indispensable role in various plant physiological processes. Previously, we …

Banana Fusarium wilt (BFW) is a devastating disease with no effective cure methods. Timely
and effective detection of the disease and evaluation of its spreading trend will help farmers …

Physiological maturity of bananas is of vital importance in determination of their quality and
marketability. This study assessed, with the use of a Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging (400 …

The cultivation of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) in Nepal faces significant
challenges, resulting in diminished yields compared with other regions. The pivotal issue is …

Pine needle waste-based ethylene scavenging paper was developed by incorporating
nanomaterial halloysite nanotube (HNT) and micro-fibrillated cellulose (MFC). The ethylene …

Fresh fruits like bananas are very susceptible to mechanical damage during postharvest
handling which can result in a substantial decline in quality. The study aims to evaluate the …