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Maize Pests and Diseases Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB) Fall Armyworm (FAW) Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) Ear rots (Aspergilus, Fusarium & Stenocarpella) Spread • By wind • Infected maize materials Spread • Infected farm materials • Moths flying to other maize gardens Spread • By wind • Infected maize materials • Minimum tillage practices Spread • By wind • Infected maize materials • Infected seeds • Rain water Prevention and control Prevention and control Prevention and control Prevention and control Prevention and control Spraying: Profenofos + cypermethrin; Thiamethoxam (141g/l) + Lambdacyhalothrin (106g/l) and Chlorpyrifos. Ask expert advice on how and when to spray. Certified seed Certified seed Spread • Insect vectors; thrips, leaf hoppers and aphids • Infected soil and plant debris • Garden tools • Through infected seed Spraying: MLND itself cannot be controlled using chemicals, but insect vectors that spread it can be. Ask expert advice on how and when to spray. Managing and Controlling Planting resistant seed varieties Planting resistant seed varieties Proper drying and grain storage Rotating with non-cereal crops Burning infected crop residue Burning infected crop residue Burning infected crop residue Rotating with non-cereal crops Rotating with non-cereal crops Certified seed Certified seed Planting resistant seed varieties Planting resistant seed varieties Proper weeding and field sanitation Proper weeding and field sanitation Proper weeding and field sanitation Burning infected crop residue Rotating with non-cereal crops Proper weeding and field sanitation Rotating with non-cereal crops Proper weeding and field sanitation Deep ploughing and burial of infected material Burning infected crop residue With support from For more information contact: National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) P.O. Box 295, Entebbe, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] www.naro.go.ug Telephone: +256 414 3201041 MANGO TREE Illustrated and designed by Maize Pests and Diseases Poster Rev N.indd 1 22/10/2018 17:49:42

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Maize Pests and DiseasesMaize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND)

Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB)

Fall Armyworm (FAW)

Gray Leaf Spot (GLS)

Ear rots (Aspergilus, Fusarium & Stenocarpella)

Spread• By wind• Infected maize materials

Spread• Infected farm materials • Mothsflyingtoothermaizegardens

Spread• By wind • Infected maize materials• Minimumtillagepractices

Spread• By wind• Infected maize

materials

• Infected seeds• Rain water

Prevention and control

Prevention and control

Prevention and control

Prevention and control

Prevention and control

Spraying:Profenofos+cypermethrin;Thiamethoxam(141g/l)+Lambdacyhalothrin(106g/l)andChlorpyrifos.Askexpertadviceonhowandwhentospray.

Certifiedseed

Certifiedseed

Spread• Insectvectors;thrips,leafhoppersandaphids

• Infectedsoilandplant

debris• Garden tools• Throughinfectedseed

Spraying:MLNDitselfcannotbecontrolledusingchemicals,butinsectvectorsthatspreaditcanbe.Askexpertadviceonhowandwhentospray.

Managing and Controlling

Plantingresistant seedvarieties

Plantingresistant seedvarieties Properdryingandgrainstorage

Rotatingwithnon-cerealcrops

Burninginfected cropresidue

Burninginfectedcropresidue

Burninginfectedcropresidue

Rotatingwithnon-cerealcrops

Rotatingwithnon-cerealcrops

Certifiedseed

Certifiedseed

Plantingresistant seedvarieties

Plantingresistantseedvarieties

Properweedingand field sanitation

Properweedingandfield sanitation

Properweeding and field sanitation

Burninginfectedcropresidue

Rotatingwithnon-cerealcrops

Properweedingand field sanitation

Rotatingwithnon-cerealcrops

Properweeding and field sanitation

Deepploughing and burial of infected material

Burninginfected cropresidue

With support from

For more information contact:NationalAgriculturalResearchOrganisation(NARO)P.O.Box295,Entebbe,UgandaE-mail:[email protected]:+2564143201041

MANGO TREE

Illustrated and designed by

Maize Pests and Diseases Poster Rev N.indd 1 22/10/2018 17:49:42