Transmission of Cassava brown streak virus by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-312

  Maruthi, M N ^a   Hillocks, R J ^a   Mtunda, K ^b   Raya, M D ^c   Muhanna, M ^b   Kiozia, H ^b   Rekha, A R ^a   Colvin, J ^a   Thresh, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Sugarcane Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^c Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bemisia afer; Ipomovirus; Manihot esculenta; RT PCR; Vector; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; VIRAL DISEASE; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA AFER; BEMISIA TABACI; CASSAVA BROWN STREAK VIRUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; IPOMOVIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 19944413964     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2005.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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