The cassava mosaic geminiviruses occurring in Uganda following the 1990s epidemic of severe cassava mosaic disease

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Sseruwagi, P ^a,b   Rey, M E C ^b   Brown, J K ^c   Legg, J P ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cassava mosaic geminiviruses; Distribution; Uganda; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS; CASSAVA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

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

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

EID: 27844588822     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2004.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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