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Strategies to convert entry of MLN in Burundi

Strategies to convert entry of MLN in Burundi. Nkurun ziza Gelase ISABU/Maize nkurugelase@yahoo.fr nkurugelase@gmail.com. Back ground. Burundi area: 27 834 km 2 Population in 2008: 8 060 000 More than 90%: agricultural people Cereals as maize: main crop in Burundi

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Strategies to convert entry of MLN in Burundi

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  1. Strategies to convert entry of MLN in Burundi Nkurunziza Gelase ISABU/Maize nkurugelase@yahoo.fr nkurugelase@gmail.com

  2. Back ground • Burundi area: 27 834 km2 • Population in 2008: 8 060 000 • More than 90%: agricultural people • Cereals as maize: main crop in Burundi • Principal known deseases of maize in Burundi: MSV, Common Rust, Turci, GLS, • MSV is a dangerous desease because it is diffucult to control and the resistant varieties degenerate very quickly

  3. Back ground • About MLND: - Not sure if there is MLN in Burundi - Overlook the symptoms of MLN • High probality to have it in Burundi • Need to confirm that MLN exits or no by analysis • Opportunities: phyto laboratory, staff

  4. Analysis on the existence of MLN: Two cas are possible • Sample collected and analysed: 2 possibilities of results: • MLND do not exist in Burundi: strategies to convert its entry in the country • MLND exist in Burundi: strategies to fight against its propagation or to manage it

  5. 1. Strategies to convert the entry of MLN in Burundi • Educate farmers about the disease: symptoms, its scale, mode of propagation, its means of control, etc. • Early alert systems: if a farmer suspected of similar symptoms, he must inform the agricultural services • Promote and popularize the rotation system that prevents its spread: avoid previous crops based cereals, would prevent virus survival on intermediate hosts

  6. 1. Strategies to convert the entry of MLN in Burundi • Popularize the best system and planting date: not spread over the seedlings in the same site, even if irrigation is possible or even if it rains all year • Avoid imported germplasm or seed from countries where the disease exists • Conduct research on the selection or development of MLN resistant varieties

  7. 2. No occurrence: strategies to fightagainstits propagation • Train the farmers about the disease: symptoms, its scale, mode of propagation, strategies for control, etc. • Promote and popularize the rotation system that prevents its spread: avoid previous crops based on cereals would prevent virus survival on intermediate hosts

  8. 2. No occurrence: strategies to fightagainstits propagation • Conduct research on the selection or development of resistance varieties • Collaborate with international research institutes working on maize • Disseminate MLND resistant varieties

  9. Thank you for your attention

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