Kenya MLN Status

MLN Status: ConfirmedMLN symptoms leaf

First Report: 2011.

First report September 2011, Bomet district. (Wangai et al. 2012)

2012: 

February 2012: Noticed in Bomet Central division, spreading into neighboring Chepalungu, Narok North, Narok South and Naivasha Districts of Kenya.

April 2012: Disease further spread to Sotik,Koinon, Transmara, Rumuruti, Kisii, Bureti, Kericho, Mathira East, Imenti South and Embu Districts of Kenya

2013:

Spread to all maize growing areas of Kenya (Distribution and impact of MLN in Kenya_Brief_May 2015)

2014:

Spread throughout the maize growing areas of Kenya with the highest severity occurring in the west of Kenya. (Source: Dr Anne Wangai, KALRO based on KALRO & KEHPIS surveys)

2016: