June 2019

Maize lethal necrosis and the molecular basis of variability in concentrations of the causal viruses in co-infected maize plant

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is new to Africa. First report was in Kenya in 2012, since then the disease has rapidly spread to most parts of eastern and central Africa region including Tanzania, Burundi, DRC Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia and similar symptoms were observed in South Sudan. Elsewhere, the disease was caused by infection of Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus (MCMV) in combination with any of the...

Author(s): L. A. O. Awata, B. E. Ifie, P. Tongoona, E. Danquah, M. B. Jumbo, M. Gowda, P. W. Marchelo-D’ragga, Chelang’at Sitonik, and L. M. Suresh