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

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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