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...
In vitro culture offers many advantages for yam germplasm conservation, propagation and international distribution. However, low virus titres in the generated tissues pose a challenge for reliable virus detection, which makes it difficult to ensure that planting material is virus-free. In this st...
Kumar, P.L.
,
[Program overview on Virology and Molecular Diagnostics unit at IITA]
,
Program overview on Virology and Molecular Diagnostics unit at IITA
Yam
mosaic
virus
(YMV;
genus
Potyvirus
)
is
considered
to
cause
the
most
economically
important
viral
disease
of
yams
(
Dioscorea
spp.)
in
West
Africa
which
is
the
dominant
region
for
yam
production
globally.
Yams
are
a
vegetatively
propagated
crop
and
the
use
of
virus-free
planting
material
form...
Silva, G.
,
Bömer, M.
,
Nkere, C.
,
Kumar, P.L.
,
Seal, S.E.
,
[Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification]
,
Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification
Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus (PPSMV), a species of the genus
Emaravirus, is the causal agent of sterility mosaic disease (SMD) of
pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp]. This disease, dubbed the
‘green plague’, as the infected plants remain in the vegetative
state without flower production, ha...
Patil, B.L.
,
Kumar, P.L.
,
[Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume-infecting Emaravirus from South Asia]
,
Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume-infecting Emaravirus from South Asia