Incidence of five viruses infecting sweetpotatoes in Uganda; the first evidence of Sweet potato caulimo-like virus in Africa

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 324-331

  Aritua, V ^a,f   Bua, B ^b   Barg, E ^c   Vetten, H J ^c   Adipala, E ^d   Gibson, R W ^e  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crinivirus; Ipomovirus; Multiple infections; Potyvirus; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT VEGETABLE; VIRAL DISEASE; WHITEFLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ALEYRODIDAE; CRINIVIRUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; IPOMOVIRUS; POTYVIRUS; SWEET POTATO CHLOROTIC FLECK VIRUS; SWEET POTATO CHLOROTIC STUNT VIRUS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS; SWEET POTATO MILD MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 33947253662     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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