date:Feb 15, 2017
s Fening. It turned out this was the first record of the green aphid species, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach), ever being seen in Ghana. The pink aphid was identified as Myzus persicae (Sulzer).
What's more, the virus was not what Carr expected, and work is now ongoing to identify the culprit. The sooner it can be characterised, the sooner sustainable crop protection strategies can be developed to prevent further spread of the disease, not only in Ghana, but also to other countries in the region.