PRO/PL> Lethal necrosis, millet – Kenya: new host

Other Plant Disease — Kenya
Finger millet, _Eleusine coracana_, is an indigenous staple crop in eastern Africa mainly grown by smallholder farmers in rotation or side-by-side with maize. In 2011, maize lethal necrosis (MLN) was reported from Kenya [ProMED-mail post 20120117.1012452] as a result of coinfection with _Maize chlorotic mottle virus_ (MCMV) and _Sugarcane mosaic virus_ (SCMV).
During a survey for alternate hosts of MCMV and SCMV in MLN hotspots, finger millets with virus symptoms were sampled. Symptoms