Emerging geminivirus problems: A serious threat to crop production

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-164

  Varma, Anupam ^a   Malathi, V G ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Begomovirus; Bemisia tabaci; Curtovirus; Emerging viruses; Geminivirus; Mastrevirus; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEGOMOVIRUS; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CURTOVIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MASTREVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOPOCUVIRUS;

EID: 0037905791     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00240.x     Document Type: Review

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