Maize necrosis disease not a threat in Busia, Bungoma

AGRICULTURE experts in Busia and Bungoma have allayed fears that the deadly Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease might affect this year's harvest. Most farmers planted the crop despite warning from experts not to do so for at least one season to break the cycle of the disease which wrecked havoc last year. Teso South district crop officer Robert Murega yesterday said the heavy rains have proved to be a blessing in disguise for farmers. “The deadly disease is adverse when drought sets in since aphids, trips and flies which transmit the vector are dormant," he said. "A research study on MLND by...