Menu

Staving off the Banana Apocalypse

August 30, 2024

The banana apocalypse is near, but UMass Amherst biologists might have found a key to their survival.

Discovery - using computers housed at the MGHPCC - of molecular mechanisms used by a banana-destroying microbe brings hope to the breakfast table

Read this story at UMass News

Related Publication:

Zhang, Y. et al (2024), Virulence of banana wilt-causing fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum tropical race 4 is mediated by nitric oxide biosynthesis and accessory genes, Nat. Microbiol., doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01779-7

Tags:

Research projects

Staving off the Banana Apocalypse
IceCube: Hunting Neutrinos
Towards a Self-driving Lab?
Pulling Back the Quantum Curtain on ‘Weyl Fermions’
Smarter Protein Engineering
Building Bicontinuous Materials
Grid Responsive Data Centers
A Safer Way to See Inside Cells
All Research Projects

Collaborative projects

ALL Collaborative PROJECTS

OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROJECTS

See ALL Scholarships
100 Bigelow Street, Holyoke, MA 01040