The incidence of sweet potato virus disease and virus resistance of sweet potato grown in Uganda

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-411

  Aritua, V ^a   Adipala, E ^b   Carey, E E ^c   Gibson, R W ^d  

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

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Aphids; Resistance; SPVD; Sweet potato; Sweet potato virus disease; Uganda; Virus; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE DETECTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT GROWTH; SWEET POTATO CHLOROTIC STUNT VIRUS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS; UGANDA; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ROOT VEGETABLE; VIRUS; YIELD;

UGANDA;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; CRINIVIRUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO CHLOROTIC STUNT VIRUS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 0031873817     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1998.tb05217.x     Document Type: Article

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