First report of a phytoplasma affecting cassava orchards in Cote d'Ivoire

Date

2017-04

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New Disease Reports

Abstract

This is the first report of a phytoplasma affecting cassava in Côte d'Ivoire. The findings suggest that cassava may be a potential alternative host for the Côte d'Ivoire lethal yellowing (CILY) phytoplasma, which poses a serious threat for the food security of smallholder coconut and cassava farmers, especially women, in Grand-Lahou, Côte d’Ivoire. Leaf samples were collected at random from 12 symptom-bearing and two symptomless cassava plants from two villages. Illustrations/ figures depict the symptoms of yellowing. Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is one of the staple foods in Africa, cultivated in 40 countries and producing more than three million tonnes per year.

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Annex 46 of 48 for CIFSRF-IDRC/GAC Final technical report: http://hdl.handle.net/10625/56415
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Keywords

COCONUT LETHAL YELLOWING DISEASE, CASSAVA, COTE D’IVOIRE, PLANT DISEASES, CROP LOSSES, SMALLHOLDERS, SOUTH OF SAHARA, PESTS OF PLANTS, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, DISEASE CONTROL, LAND USE, IVORY COAST, FOOD SECURITY

Citation

New Disease Reports (2017) 35, 21. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044- 0588.2017.035.021]

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