Monday, 24 July 2017

PRO/PL> Maize yellow mosaic virus - Africa: 1st rep (Burkina Faso, Nigeria) new virus

Other Plant Disease -- Burkina Faso
Maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) is a new polerovirus discovered recently in China in maize (_Zea mays_) displaying foliar yellowing and mosaic. Interestingly, a few months later, MaYMV was reported from Ecuador in maize (A Bernreiter, pers. comm) and Nigeria [see item 2], suggesting that this new polerovirus is broadly distributed and is potentially emerging worldwide.
During a survey by the Agricultural Research Centre of Kamboinsé (ARCK), maize leaves showing yellow stripes, yellowing

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

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