Within-crop spread of sweet potato virus disease and the population dynamics of its whitefly and aphid vectors

Crop Protection

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Byamukama, E ^a   Gibson, R W ^b   Aritua, V ^a   Adipala, E ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphids; Bemisia spp.; Infected plot; Ipomoea batatas; Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV); Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV)

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; HOMOPTERA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEET POTATO CHLOROTIC STUNT VIRUS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 0742305951     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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