Monday 20 February 2017

PRO/PL> Undiagnosed virus, cabbage - Ghana

Undiagnosed -- Ghana
Cabbages have become a major cash crop for Ghanaian farmers. Recently, however, stunted, yellowing, wilting cabbages, their leaves curled, have become a devastating sight. 2 years ago [farmers] started reporting that a new disease was attacking their crops.
Ken Fening, University of Ghana, [says], "It seemed to be associated with massive infestations of aphids." Farmers were typically seeing the total loss of their crops and he realised that the devastation couldn't just be caused by

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2lDqOsA

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