Diversity of dicotyledenous-infecting geminiviruses and their associated DNA molecules in Southern Africa, including the South-west Indian Ocean Islands

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1753-1791

  Rey, Marie E C ^a   Ndunguru, Joseph ^b   Berrie, Leigh C ^a,c   Paximadis, Maria ^a,c   Berry, Shaun ^a,d   Cossa, Nurbibi ^e   Nuaila, Valter N ^a,f   Mabasa, Kenneth G ^a,g   Abraham, Natasha ^a   Rybicki, Edward P ^h   Martin, Darren ^h   Pietersen, Gerhard ⁱ   Esterhuizen, Lindy L ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e The Institute of Agricultural Research of Mozambique   (Mozambique)

^f EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Dicotyledenous crops; Diversity; Eastern Africa; Geminiviruses; Recombination; South west Indian Oceans; Southern Africa; Sweepoviruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BEGOMOVIRUS; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWEET POTATO; TOBACCO; TOMATO; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INTERFERENCE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BEGOMOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FERNS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PLANT DISEASES;

BEGOMOVIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SSDNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84867019676     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4091753     Document Type: Review

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