Witch Hunt: Virulent fungal disease attacks South America’s cassava crop

Mongabay
Nov 5, 2025, 11:20 am122 ptsTrending
As smallholder farmers in French Guiana walked their fields in 2023, they noted a disturbing pattern. Their healthy cassava plants, once green and thriving, had begun to turn yellow. Leaves wilted, stalks withered, and small shoots looking like broomsticks sprouted from the plants. When they dug up their…

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Witch Hunt: Virulent fungal disease attacks South America’s cassava crop

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