Maize Lethal Necrosis
Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya in January 2020
Nutrition, health and food securityInterested organizations are invited to send maize germplasm for screening.
Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
Climate adaptation and mitigationScience offers opportunity to curb greenhouse gas emissions related to agriculture and meet climate goals.
How a disease without borders was contained
Nutrition, health and food securityExperts reflect on the successful efforts to limit the spread of maize lethal necrosis across eastern and southern Africa.
Seed production innovations, conservation agriculture and partnerships are key for Africa’s food security
Nutrition, health and food securityPartner field days in Kenya presented sustainable solutions to crop threats and innovations in seed and agronomy.
Ethiopian maize breeders will directly apply knowledge gained from training
Capacity developmentSTMA project training focused on latest developments in maize research and data collection.
Breaking Ground: Breeder Marcela C. Andrade bolsters maize with hardiness from ancestral races
InnovationsTraits sought include better resilience under high temperatures, drought conditions or the attacks of rapidly-evolving crop diseases.
Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya during 2019
Nutrition, health and food securityThe maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin its phenotyping (screening/ indexing) cycle of 2019 at the beginning of January 2019 and in other four intervals throughout the year. Interested organizations from both the private and public sectors are invited to send maize germplasm for screening.
International coalition keeps devastating maize disease at bay, but risks still linger
Capacity developmentDelegates review the third year’s progress of the MLN Diagnostics and Management Project.
Breaking Ground: Scientist L.M. Suresh uses new technology to fight maize lethal necrosis disease in eastern Africa
Nutrition, health and food securityMaize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is putting maize production at risk in eastern Africa, escalating food insecurity in the region.
New online portal offers information to curb maize lethal necrosis in Africa
InnovationsThe new maize lethal necrosis online portal provides up-to-date information and surveillance tools to help researchers control and stop the spread of the deadly disease.
Three major commercial maize seed exporting countries in southern Africa found free from maize lethal necrosis
Three major commercial maize-growing and seed exporting countries in southern Africa were found to be so far free from the deadly maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease.
Combating spread of MLN in Africa poses unique but surmountable challenges, seed health specialist says
InnovationsMaize lethal necrosis poses a major concern to researchers, seed companies and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.