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Date: Fri 5 Mar 2021
Source: Daily Trust [summ., edited]
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Rice farmers in Taraba State have raised alarm over an unidentified fungal disease. The Rice Farmers Association said [that] farmers have sprayed their rice with all known pesticides without results as the destruction of the crops persisted. The association has reported the outbreak to the Ministry of Agriculture. They said that many farms have been destroyed by the strange disease.
[byline: Magaji Lsa Hunkuyi]
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[It is unclear why a 'fungus' is considered to be the cause of the problems above. While an outbreak of rice blast (caused by the fungus _Pyricularia oryzae_) was reported from the neighbouring state of Bauchi in 2019 (ProMED-mail post https://url.emailprotection.link/?btLiXp8yZCvof1b-vwuKe2OS5nDVTjmlYPFqLOYYEXMBGqS-pQQG51bZWQapnf-3OxC3Ur2m9MjE2ClY1dqywKTIJt5bj429zJFLmMzHmSojp2obVdHvIECclgMhVa6-F), a range of pathogens including fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes have been reported to affect rice crops in the region. Reliable diagnosis of the cause(s) and/or pathogen(s), as well as identification of any potential external factors associated with the problem, are essential before any management strategies can be designed.
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Nigeria:
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Nigerian states:
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Pictures
Symptoms of some rice diseases via:
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Links
Information on some diseases of rice via:
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List of major diseases and pathogens of rice:
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[See Also:
2019
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Blast disease, rice - Nigeria: (BA)
https://url.emailprotection.link/?btLiXp8yZCvof1b-vwuKe2OS5nDVTjmlYPFqLOYYEXMBGqS-pQQG51bZWQapnf-3OxC3Ur2m9MjE2ClY1dqywKTIJt5bj429zJFLmMzHmSojp2obVdHvIECclgMhVa6-F
2017
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Pantoea leaf blight, rice - Togo, Benin: 1st reps https://url.emailprotection.link/?b3KxSPMblQcCJ0gsKjaDheHYkDOn08FM5RpwMYZZFwOIY75m6XedKpe1d6-Cdet0jgBWgyw_x8jYLmkjk6ZVOvB0u2DQIKPyeMCYK1U6XaRrg9lcCzxx3niKkhY00TpTb
2015
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Undiagnosed disease, rice - Nigeria: (KT) https://url.emailprotection.link/?b0w2mCo-8aypquZl-4wvMoPihl-QJYpHRZ8FSPSe_TZkY6smRMtRhqSrzjEEYz8wCTVcdQeZgo7B3suU4Eckzl8bVBj-tn4hI_mMRuyW9YF3FgwR7URqLOeU1eG4dVjbS
Bacterial leaf streak, rice - Central Africa: 1st rep, Burundi https://url.emailprotection.link/?birzecXL25d2RPt8PMQQzQt9bst0q1K5-Aqz9F3KcYGHFaSLKZwz8HVQ-s_TYVVWTgygFySKOa_AOx6Tuon3SGeyY1q3TbP7pI_5L45noQMyxOg6cqrOc3eFmKIWqJ8gZ
2013
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Yellow mottle, rice - Congo DR: 1st rep.
https://url.emailprotection.link/?bPUsLTjTIx-zfwO7OySWZzWtkWRKd8stndhOHAuG33FMPJff-8Kn6AVyCwIuA-qr_yFMMgsq6LJJ4kcGujvP5aTxw5gOYmI_rsuE5rVbi4VKzxpuOAxvJko8N6c213jpX
2011
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Rough dwarf disease, maize - Kenya: 1st rep.
https://url.emailprotection.link/?blQS4aUowx-4wDZVkkOiziNbq5bs12JGfKCsRdZQKATz84NqPoRoABTTfZzv1uwzcnCShkZ4ap6PyMaPLmCUarLd4g41ALZeC2t0elCKwM3Iu7fMxe_rwu7T7FH0QPftq
2010
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Yellow mottle, rice - Uganda: update
https://url.emailprotection.link/?b21Zqw2JyfPsEfdA1RkPaLOzwDOSO8KqYCqlrDjg_NBCN5LUkqTg-D9ailBnjJ1MqCJF1sKcJplZJrOm83f03LDQH_UbLhBi7rvsOC9_y9H2rxxZwb2jHyq53QYFdM1Ca
Rough dwarf, maize - Africa: 1st rep (Uganda) https://url.emailprotection.link/?bkayDKWhtvKuInTTmCkrFvH9VgCL8U-MrOz9RmHOdVWUOLEdoHgK24yKMzxegCqoa50GjfOgsOYwRDWHeFzllNFyDD2KP61wF7TJGjFTs6sE1vZzxrE6emJNTKKvxaC8f
2008
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Yellow mottle & blast diseases, rice - Uganda https://url.emailprotection.link/?blBuionU83OVGJn6x1zvVaPS1z6QUm_aerlsy5kRoVhDghM32UdYJr4YIIN1WCsEft4cef0avLF86GgHrTEThftvo1nc4t196i4NxKHGXavuVJ6j_f4TpdaHxZsT4JMcs
Rice yellow mottle virus - Gambia: 1st rep.
https://url.emailprotection.link/?b9fpO_hPHcSZ6DK-HR4Z4PyjSXOGzyQdVTzYjbSxKccYH6P5a_HtHI1HqH9S-ZCBgNB-XB3TUk5Rl0fRPx5OaTqoeFlX75M5PIvvOytC9vUkk3yOrDHTK9LxekgqyNOsQ
and additional items on rice diseases in the archives]