A first outbreak of maize lethal necrosis was found in Kenya in 2011 and researchers immediately became active because they knew that timely action was needed to prevent irreparable damage. This viral disease was decimating maize fields and spreading rapidly in east Africa through contaminated insects and seeds.
Read more here: https://www.ledonnedelfood.it/lotta-ai-virus-anche-in-difesa-del-mais-e-del-nostro-cibo/
Nepalese and CIMMYT wheat scientists, working at the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) suspect new races of stripe and leaf rust infected the wheat crop in the Nepal hills and terai in the recent 2020 wheat season. This was reported after detailed survey and surveillance activities of rust diseases in the terai and hill regions were carried out during March and April, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cessation of many field activities.
Read more here: https://www.seedquest.com/news.php?type=news&id_article=117729&id_region=&id_category=&id_crop=
Ispahani and AgBiTech are pleased to announce the formal registration of a biological control for Fall Armyworm in Bangladesh.
This rapid assessment and registration despite the ongoing lockdown due to Covid-19 is the result of months of collaborative hard work and support from members representing multiple organizations including USAID, CIMMYT, the Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Plant Protection Wing of Agricultural Extension, and the Fall Armyworm National Task Force.
Read more here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fawligen-registered-in-bangladesh-301061228.html
The Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has warned wheat growing farmers in Pakistan to keep a close eye on the spread of yellow rust disease which might evolve in new forms.
Read more here: https://www.dawn.com/news/1532759/growers-issued-yellow-rust-warning
