Symptoms, aetiology and serological analysis of sweet potato virus disease in Uganda

Plant Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-102

  Gibson, R W ^a   Mpembe, I ^b   Alicai, T ^b   Carey, E E ^c   Mwanga, R O M ^d   Seal, S E ^a   Vetten, H J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROSIS; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; DISTORTION; INOCULATION; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POTATO; SEROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SWEET POTATO VIRUS DISEASE; UGANDA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; CLOSTEROVIRUS; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; IPOMOVIRUS; POTATO LATENT VIRUS; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO LATENT VIRUS;

EID: 0031949555     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1998.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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