A survey was conducted from April to May 2014 in 214 farmers’ fields located across six major cassava-producing provinces (Western, Northwestern, Northern, Luapula, Lusaka, and Eastern) of Zambia to determine the status of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and the species diversity of associated cassa...
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
Millions of people in the West African sub-region depend on yam for food and income. In 2008, cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), one of the most economically important plant viruses was detected in yam fields in Ghana, Benin and Togo, three of the five topmost yam producing countries in the world. Some...
Eni, A.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Alabi, O.J.
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Naidu, R.
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Hughes, J.
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Rey, M.E.C.
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[Characterization of cucumber mosaic virus isolated from yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa]
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Characterization of cucumber mosaic virus isolated from yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa
Two new ‘legumoviruses’ (genus Begomovirus; family Geminiviridae) naturally infecting soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) in Nigeria were molecularly characterized. Based on characteristic symptoms in soybean, the two viruses are provisionally designated as Soybean mild mottle virus (SbMMV) and Soybea...
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 ...
Maize and sugarcane are two economically important crops often grown in adjacent fields or co-cultivated in the northern guinea savannah agroecological zone, a major cereal production region of Nigeria. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of mosaic disease in sugarcane and maize ...
Yayaya, A.
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Dangora, D.B.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Alegbejo, M.D.
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Gregg, L.
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Alabi, O.J.
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[Prevalence and genome characterization of field isolates of sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in Nigeria]
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Prevalence and genome characterization of field isolates of sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) in Nigeria