During routine surveys conducted from February to July 2015 in the northern guinea savannah
region of Nigeria, sugarcane and itch grass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis) plants showing virus-like
mosaic symptoms were encountered in farmers’ sugarcane fields in Kaduna State. Symptomatic
leaf tissue sa...
Sugarcane and maize plants showing symptoms typical of those described for the so-called “African streak viruses” (AfSVs) were encountered during field surveys conducted from February to July 2015 to document viruses infecting both crops across the northern Guinea savannah region of Nigeria. As p...
Yahaya, A.
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Dangora, D.B.
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Alegbejo, M.D.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Alabi, O.J.
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[Identification and molecular characterization of a novel sugarcane streak mastrevirus and an isolate of the A-strain of maize streak virus from sugarcane in Nigeria]
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Identification and molecular characterization of a novel sugarcane streak mastrevirus and an isolate of the A-strain of maize streak virus from sugarcane in Nigeria
Maize yellow mosaic virus (MaYMV; genus Polerovirus; family Luteoviridae) was recently characterized from maize in China and subsequently detected in mixed infection with sugarcane mosaic virus (genus Potyvirus; family Potyviridae) in sugarcane and itch grass in Nigeria. This study was conducted ...