Tag Archive for PRO/PL> Maize yellow mosaic virus – Africa: 1st rep (Burkina Faso, Nigeria) new virus

PRO/PL> Maize yellow mosaic virus – Africa: 1st rep (Burkina Faso, Nigeria) new virus

Other Plant Disease -- Burkina FasoMaize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV) is a new polerovirus discovered recently in China in maize (_Zea mays_) displaying foliar yellowing and mosaic. Interestingly, a few months later, MaYMV was reported from Ecuador in maize (A Bernreiter, pers. comm) and Nigeria [see item 2], suggesting that this new polerovirus is broadly distributed and is potentially emerging worldwide.During a survey by the Agricultural Research Centre of Kamboinsé (ARCK), maize leaves Read more [...]