Other Plant Disease -- South Africa
South Africa's banana growing and export industry is at risk following the discovery of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) in Kwazulu-Natal's [KZN] Ugu district. Subsistence farmers are hit the hardest with their livelihoods at risk. The disease has already wiped out a 160 ha [about 395 acres] commercial farm on which the outbreak was first identified after the farmer had to uproot and destroy every single plant to curb spread of the virus. Banana plants surrounding the affected area are also
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6154846&promed&0
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