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    "content": "reported in September, 2011 in the low altitude zones of Bomet District affecting 200 hectares of the second season maize crop. The effects of the disease were sudden, devastating and could not be explained. Mr. Speaker, Sir, after laboratory tests in 2012, it was revealed that there were infestations of a combination of viruses; one, maize chlorotic mortal virus and, two, sugarcane mosaic virus. The infestation of the two diseases or viruses gave rise to a condition known as Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND), also referred to as cone lethal necrosis. The disease expression shows a diverse range of symptoms such as ears drying up when the rest of the plant is green, yellowing and premature death of plants. The transmission of the disease can be mechanical by insect vectors such as thrips, leaf beetles, leaf hoppers and through seed, although at a low rate. The virus can also be transmitted through soil and infected plant debris since it can survive in plant residues. Due to premature death of plants and rotting of any grains that maybe harvested, the disease impacts negatively---"
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