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

Date de publication

dim, 27 Sep 2020, 13:00

Dernière mise à jour effectuée le

sep. 27, 2020, 3:29 après-midi

Report Number

ZMB-05/3

Pays

Zambia

Situation du signalement

Préliminaire

Hôtes

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

Distribution géographique

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)

Résumé

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 pour demandes d'information

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

Fichiers de rapports

Site web

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

Mots-clés associés au thème

Pests, regulatory status

Mots-clés associés à la marchandise

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