Cassava Mosaic Virus Disease in East and Central Africa: Epidemiology and Management of A Regional Pandemic

Advances in Virus Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2006, Pages 355-418

  Legg, J P ^a,b   Owor, B ^c   Sseruwagi, P ^d   Ndunguru, J ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^e Plant Protection Division   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CASSAVA; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSAIC VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MANIHOT; MOSAIC VIRUSES; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 33749440061     PISSN: 00653527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3527(06)67010-3     Document Type: Review

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