Epidemiological assessment of cassava mosaic disease in Central African Republic reveals the importance of mixed viral infection and poor health of plant cuttings

Crop Protection

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-12

  Zinga, Innocent ^a,b,c   Chiroleu, Frédéric ^b   Legg, James ^d   Lefeuvre, Pierre ^b   Komba, Ephrem Kosh ^a   Semballa, Silla ^a   Yandia, Simplice P ^a   Mandakombo, Noëlla B ^a   Reynaud, Bernard ^b   Lett, Jean Michel ^b  

^a Faculté des Sciences   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d IITA Tanzania   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

ACMV; Cassava pests and diseases; Central Africa; EACMV UG

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; MARKET SYSTEM; VIRAL DISEASE;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; EAST AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84868705784     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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