Bringing banana trees indoors for winter The safest way to ensure your banana plant survives the winter ... to cover the structure and keep rain out. ‘Do not make it airtight,’ he adds.

As the vast majority of bananas exported to the EU and the US are Cavendish varieties, do ... banana varieties are reproduced asexually. Plants of one variety are genetic clones of the parent plant.

Scientists are constructing a more accurate plant ... plants based on their DNA relatedness. In this activity, you will extract and observe DNA from bananas. Put 1 cup of distilled water and one ...

It is found only in Madagascar, where there are just five mature trees left ... but we can't do the research until it's saved." Kew scientists searched for the banana plant in Madagascar and ...