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

Fecha de publicación

Dom, 27 Sep 2020, 13:00

Última actualización

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

Número del informe

ZMB-05/3

País

Zambia

Estado del informe

Preliminar

Hospederos

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

Distribución geográfica

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)

Resumen

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)

Peligro

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

Contacto para obtener más información

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

Archivos de informes

Sitio web

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

Palabras claves del tema

Pests, regulatory status

Palabras clave del producto

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