African cassava mosaic disease

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), recognized in Africa for more than a century, is now known to be caused by a group of geminiviruses in the genus Begomovirus from the family Geminiviridae. All are transmitted in a persistent manner by the whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci. Structurally, cassava mosaic ge...

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Main Author: Legg, James P.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92276

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