A crop disease that almost decimated the maize stocks of East Africa four years ago is now being fought back with painstaking research by Kenyan scientists.A new maize hybrid,known as Wei 101,promises to prevent maize...A crop disease that almost decimated the maize stocks of East Africa four years ago is now being fought back with painstaking research by Kenyan scientists.A new maize hybrid,known as Wei 101,promises to prevent maize lethal necrosis(MLN)by up to 96 percent,saving farmersfrom devastating financial losses. The hybrid has under- gone field trials and will be available to farmers in the next few months,展开更多
文摘A crop disease that almost decimated the maize stocks of East Africa four years ago is now being fought back with painstaking research by Kenyan scientists.A new maize hybrid,known as Wei 101,promises to prevent maize lethal necrosis(MLN)by up to 96 percent,saving farmersfrom devastating financial losses. The hybrid has under- gone field trials and will be available to farmers in the next few months,