Cereal production in Africa: the threat of current plant pathogens in changing climate-a review
Joshua Benjamin,
David Olayinka Oyedokun,
Emmanuel Victor Oziegbe
et al.
Abstract:In Sub-Saharan Africa, cereals are threatened by stress-inducing microbial pathogens and parasites such as fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes leading to significant losses. Mycotoxin-producing fungi like Fusarium graminearum induce head blight disease causing 30–70% of yield losses in wheat. In comparison, Fusarium verticillioides accounts for ear rot diseases that account for 13–70% of maize yield losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Outbreaks of the devastating rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae have caused… Show more
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