PRO/PL> Brown streak, cassava – Mozambique: reservoir hosts

Other Plant Disease — Mozambique
Cassava brown streak disease is the main constraint to cassava (_Manihot esculenta_) production in Mozambique. A survey was undertaken in 1999 in Zambezia and Nampula provinces; disease incidences in some fields reached 80% to 100%, and many of the main cassava cultivars were affected.
A total of 120 leaf samples showing virus-like disease symptoms such as chlorosis, yellow spotting, deformation, mosaic, wilting, leaf curling and necrotic lesions were collected from 15 plant species. Using