High throughput real-time RT-PCR assays for specific detection of cassava brown streak disease causal viruses, and their application to testing of planting material

Plant Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Adams, I P ^a   Abidrabo, P ^b,c   Miano, D W ^d   Alicai, T ^b   Kinyua, Z M ^d   Clarke, J ^e   Macarthur, R ^a   Weekes, R ^a   Laurenson, L ^a   Hany, U ^a   Peters, D ^f,g   Potts, M ^f,g   Glover, R ^a   Boonham, N ^a   Smith, J ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f East Africa Regional Office   (Kenya)

^g St Augustines' Court ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

454 sequencing; Cassava brown streak virus; Certification; Diagnostics; Probability of detection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SHRUB; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

EAST AFRICA;

CASSAVA BROWN STREAK VIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84872125607     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02622.x     Document Type: Article

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