Sunday, 19 November 2017

PRO/PL> Undiagnosed disease, wheat - South Africa

Undiagnosed -- South Africa
Outbreaks of a previously unknown wheat leaf disease have been reported in South Africa, which could have a serious impact on food security and sustainable wheat production in the country. The disease was first observed in 2011 in KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape. Since then, [it] has become widespread in the irrigation wheat-growing areas.
Dr Tarekegn Terefe, ARC-Small Grain, said it usually started as yellow streaks [that] gradually join, turning the infected leaves yellow. In most

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2zjQ2E2

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