Cassava begomovirus species diversity changes during plant vegetative cycles

Cassava begomovirus species diversity changes during plant vegetative cycles

Cassava is a root crop important for global food security and the third biggest source of calories on the African continent. Cassava production is threatened by Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by a complex of single-stranded DNA viruses (family: Geminiviridae, genus: Begomovirus) that...

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Main Authors: Anna E. Dye, Brenda Muga, Jenniffer Mwangi, J. Steen Hoyer, Vanessa Ly, Yamilex Rosado, William Sharpee, Benard Mware, Mary Wambugu, Paul Labadie, David Deppong, Louis Jackai, Alana Jacobson, George Kennedy, Elijah Ateka, Siobain Duffy, Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, Ignazio Carbone, José Trinidad Ascencio-Ibáñez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
plant virus
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
vegetative (asexual) propagation
vector transmission
whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1163566/full

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