Undiagnosed -- Uganda
[A] strange banana disease is ravaging plantations in Kabarole [district, Western Region]. According to the residents, the fruits turn yellowish as if they are ripe and others turn rust brown. One resident said that the affected fruits first appear as grey and dusty turning rusty. As the fruits continue to grow, sometimes the peel cracks. The unidentified disease is rendering the affected bananas unmarketable.
[The farmers] said they have on several occasions sought help from extension
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8413562&promed&0
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