Thursday, 19 November 2015

PRO/PL> Leaf blight, taro - Nigeria: (KT)

Other Plant Disease -- Nigeria
Cocoyam [taro] farming in Katsina State is gradually being phased out as agricultural research institutes are yet to provide the farmers with a solution to the leaf blight disease affecting the crop for about 5 years now [see ProMED-mail post http://bit.ly/1XcYANf]. Katsina, particularly its southern part, was a major producer of cocoyam which was transported to the north-eastern states and Niger Republic.
A farmer said, "With the growing devastation of the leaf blight

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