Scientists make new findings on lethal maize disease

Scientists have discovered an interesting development that will help the fight against the lethal maize disease. The maize lethal necrosis disease has been found to remain in the soil after the crop has been harvested and has the ability to pass on the disease to the next maize crop planted in the same field.

In a research paper titled Maize Lethal Necrosis, an emerging threat to maize-based food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, it has been found that upto 70 per cent of the maize seeds planted in soils contaminated with MLN virus were infected with the same.