Apparent absence of viruses in most symptomless field-grown sweet potato in Uganda

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 481-490

  Gibson, R W ^b   Mwanga, Rom ^a   Kasule, S ^a   Mpembe, I ^a   Carey, E E ^c  

^a Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Ipomoea batatas; Planting material; SPFMV; Sweet potato; Sweet potato feathery mottle virus; Uganda; Virus free; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SWEET POTATO; VIRAL DISEASE;

UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; CONVOLVULACEAE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; IPOMOEA SETODA; IPOMOEA SETOSA; POTATO LATENT VIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS; SWEET POTATO LATENT VIRUS; SWEET POTATO MILD MOTTLE VIRUS; SWEET POTATO SUNKEN VEIN VIRUS;

EID: 0030793858     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb07676.x     Document Type: Article

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