Other Plant Disease -- Kenya
Farmers in Nakuru County are facing a poor harvest after a fungal disease attacked their maize crop. Their maize has been destroyed by head smut caused by the fungus _Sphacelotheca reiliana_. One farmer said he noticed the disease 2 weeks ago. "The ears and tassels have been destroyed."
A majority of the farmers grow maize. The area was hit by a prolonged dry spell between December [2018] and May this year [2019]. They accused seed producers of selling them substandard seeds, which are
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6671716&promed&0
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