First record of spiraling whitefly in coastal Kenya: Emergence, host range, distribution and association with cassava brown streak virus disease

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-415

  Mware, B ^a   Olubayo, F ^a   Narla, R ^a   Songa, J ^b   Amata, R ^b   Kyamanywa, S ^c   Ateka, E M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Aleurodicus dispersus; CBSD; Host range; Spiraling whitefly

Indexed keywords

ALEURODICUS DISPERSUS; ALEYRODIDAE; CASSAVA BROWN STREAK VIRUS; HEMIPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 77953582945     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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