However, maize productivity is challenged by many factors. Maize streak virus disease (MSV) is the most damaging in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It causes grain yield losses of up to 100% when ...

Despite its importance, this crop is subject to numerous biotic constraints, including Maize streak virus (MSV). The objective of this study was to characterize MSV isolates from Côte d’Ivoire using ...

By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen covers global health. Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost exactly ...

Despite its importance, this crop is subject to numerous biotic constraints, including Maize streak virus (MSV). The objective of this study was to characterize MSV isolates from Côte d’Ivoire using ...

Plant-infecting viruses cause significant losses to agriculture, including to staple crops such as wheat, maize, and rice. Preventing and managing endemic and emerging plant diseases is an ongoing ...

This funding capitalises on earlier investments to develop improved cassava, maize ... The first is a virus-resistant cassava engineered for resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease, a ...

The effects of maize streak virus disease (MSVD) on yield and quality of maize forage, a need amplified by intensive management practices for maize to obtain forage for livestock, were studied in ...

However, its productivity is challenged by the limitation to detect maize diseases early enough. Maize streak virus (MSV) and maize lethal necrosis virus (MLN) are common diseases often detected too ...

Abstract: Maize Streak Disease (MSD) caused by the maize streak virus remains a significant agricultural challenge during the 4th industrial revolutions, as it poses a substantial threat to global ...

Common maize diseases are maize lethal necrosis, maize streak virus and grey leaf spot. Use disease resistant varieties to avoid dealing with such diseases. Crop Rotation: Rotating maize with non ...