Banana Bacterial Wilt Disease (Xanthomonas campestris pv. musaceareum). The GPC has been working with colleagues in Uganda to identify the cause of a new banana disease. We’re now involved in planning an awareness raising campaign and following up on the longer term research questions. Distribution map of disease in Uganda

The following people have supplied this information

Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, Julian Smith, Mike Rutherford, Jerome Kubiriba, Eric Boa, Fred Ssekiwoko, Simon Eden-Green.

The End of the World. Mrs Poniano (Zoë) Tinkamanyine's story of how she discovered banana bacterial wilt in Mabaale sub-county, northern Kibale.

Paula Nash, Global Plant Clinic

Uganda's mobile 'plant clinics' answer emergency call. Uganda has launched mobile 'plant clinics' to travel around the country diagnosing and treating outbreaks of crop pests and diseases

Peter Wamboga-Mugirya

Going Public to Save Harvests, and Time

Thanks to ‘Going Public’, several thousand farmers in Bolivia, Bangladesh, Uganda and Kenya have found ways to manage their crop diseases. .

Eric Boa, Global Plant Clinic