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A Virus-derived stacked RNAi construct confers robust resistance to cassava brown streak disease

Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) threatens food and economic security for smallholder farmers throughout East and Central Africa, and poses a threat to cassava production in West Africa. CBSD is caused by two whitefly-transmitted virus species: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassav...

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Main Authors: Beyene, Getu, Chauhan, Raj Deepika, Ilyas, Muhammad, Wagaba, Henry, Fauquet, Claude M., Miano, Douglas, Alicai, Titus, Taylor, Nigel J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Frontiers Media 2017
Subjects:
manihot esculenta
cassava
disease control
pest control
disease resistance
transgenics
viroses
rna
control de enfermedades
control de plagas
resistencia a la enfermedad
transgénicos
virosis
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80476

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