PRO/PL> Blast disease, wheat – Bangladesh: (KH)

Other Plant Disease — Bangladesh
A year after its 1st outbreak [ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20160411.4150953], wheat blast has reemerged [in Meherpur district, Khulna Division], this time quite early in the season, causing fears of production loss of the country’s 2nd most important cereal.
Agricultural University (BSMRAU), applying a molecular diagnostic tool, has confirmed that blast has resurfaced. The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said blast attacked in mid-February last year [2016], but