First evidence for the spread of East African cassava mosaic virus - Uganda (EACMV-UG) and the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease to Burundi

Plant Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-

  Bigirimana, S ^a   Barumbanze, P ^a   Obonyo, R ^b   Legg, J P ^b,c  

^a Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi   (Burundi)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NEW RECORD; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; BURUNDI; CENTRAL AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS-[UGANDA]; EAST AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 2442597157     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0032-0862.2004.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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