Other Plant Disease — South Africa
Bananas are one of the most important fruit crops and a staple food in many developing tropical and subtropical regions. In southern Africa, banana production is threatened by viral diseases including _Banana bunchy top virus_ (BBTV), cause of the most devastating virus disease of banana.
A survey for BBTV in South Africa in 1996 confirmed the absence of BBTV in Mpumalanga Province. No other surveys were conducted since then in South Africa. In June 2015, 5 [cultivar] ‘Williams’ plants,
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