Undiagnosed -- Nigeria
Cocoa farms in southwestern Nigeria, the country's main growing region, have been bit by outbreaks of a fungal disease identified as dieback, which causes plants to wither and die.
"The trees are drying off from their tops and progressively through the stems and down to the roots," said a farmer, adding that about 125 neighboring plots were also affected. The Cocoa Farmers Association has received reports that about 2500 cocoa trees have the disease in Ogun state. The estimated loss from
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5616228&promed&0
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