Cassava Brown Streak Disease and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus Reported for the First Time in Zambia

Publication Date

Sun, 27 Sep 2020, 13:00

Last Updated

Sept. 27, 2020, 3:29 p.m.

Report Number

ZMB-05/3

Country

Zambia

Report Status

Preliminary

Hosts

The main host for the Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) is Cassava (Manihot esculenta) while the other host is Ceara rubber (Manihot glaziovii)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: subject to official control

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

Detected in farmers’ fields in Kaputa District of the Northern and Chienge District of the Luapula Provinces of Zambia bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Summary

In 2017 a preliminary surveillance conducted by Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) confirmed presence of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in Kaputa District of the Northern and Chienge District of the Luapula Provinces of Zambia bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Danger

Poses decline of cassava production among small scale farmers. Phytosanitary measures being strengthened, control the movement of cassava cutting from infested areas

Contact for info

msiska KK [email protected] Mulenga R on [email protected]

Report files

Website

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-11-17-1707-RE

Issue keywords

Pests, regulatory status

Commodity keywords

Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried roots and tubers of manioc -cassava-, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets