Undiagnosed -- United States
In the fall of 2017, University of Florida and farmers began reporting an unprecedented sudden decline of peanuts prior to harvest. Symptoms included stunted plants, late-season yellowing and distinctive marginal leaf necrosis. Entire fields wilted. Yields [were] off by as much as 45 per cent. Onset of some symptoms followed the passage of Hurricane Irma. The condition was most acute in sandy soils. It was estimated that 25 000 acres of peanuts in peninsular Florida were affected. Some of the
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