OUTLOOK ON GOSS’S WILT FOR THE SEASON – where are we now?
Over the past two seasons, South African maize producers have become increasingly aware of a bacterial disease known as Goss’s bacterial wilt and blight, or simply Goss’s wilt. The disease is caused by the...
Biosecurity in action: managing risk on South African farms
Every day, producers work hard to protect their crops from threats they can see – drought, pests, diseases, weeds. But some of the biggest risks are the ones that arrive quietly,
often unnoticed, until the...
GSA deel van stuurkomitee vir Goss-verwelksiekte
Goss-verwelksiekte, wat die afgelope seisoen kop uitgesteek het in Suid-Afrika, is ’n uitdaging vir mielieprodusente. Dit word veroorsaak deur die bakterie Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis, wat hoofsaaklik mielies en sekere grasse affekteer, insluitend sorghum,...
GOSS’S WILT OF MAIZE: What producers should know
The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has issued an alert on the detection of Goss’s wilt on maize (Zea mays) in South Africa (Njom et al., 2025). Goss’s wilt was detected and positively identified (molecularly)...
Verstaan Goss-verwelksiekte se impak op mielieproduksie
4 Februarie 2025 – Goss-verwelksiekte is ’n uitdaging vir Suid-Afrikaanse mielieprodusente wat die afgelope seisoen kop uitgesteek het. Dit word veroorsaak deur die bakterie Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis, wat hoofsaaklik mielies en sekere grasse...
Understanding Goss’s wilt and its impact on maize production
4 February 2025 – Goss’s wilt is an emerging challenge for South African maize producers, caused by the bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Nebraskensis, which primarily affects maize and certain grasses, including sorghum, foxtail species,...
