Cassava mosaic geminiviruses in Africa

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 585-599

  Legg, J P ^a,b   Fauquet, C M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cassava; CMD; Geminiviruses; Management; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DISEASE CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

CASSAVA MOSAIC DISEASE (CMD); CASSAVA MOSAIC GEMINIVIRUSES (CMG); PLANT HOSTS; WHITEFLY VECTOR;

CROPS;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; CASSAVA; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; GEMINIVIRUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GEMINIVIRIDAE; MANIHOT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRUS REPLICATION;

DISEASES; FARM CROPS; MANIHOT; PLANTS; VIRUSES;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEGOMOVIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 12544255069     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-1651-7     Document Type: Review

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