Efforts to Combat Lethal Maize Disease in Eastern Africa
December 11, 2013| |
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is leading collaborative research efforts to control the deadly maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease that is devastating crops in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. First identified in farmers' fields in eastern Africa in 2011, MLN results from the combined infection of two plant viruses and can cause nearly 100 percent crop loss.
CIMMYT is spearheading efforts to identify sources of MLN resistance and is developing a strategy to contain the disease by studying it and the pests that contribute to its spread. A CIMMYT-Kenya Agricultural Research Institute MLN Screening Facility and Maize Doubled Haploid Facility was also launched to help speed development of MLN-resistant varieties.
For more information, visit http://blog.cimmyt.org/?p=11610.
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