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

 

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Publication Date

Sun, 27 Sep 2020, 13:22

Last Updated

Sept. 27, 2020, 1:22 p.m.

Report Number

ZMB-05/1

Country

Zambia

Report Status

Preliminary

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

Summary

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)

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Website

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

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