Field surveys in many cassava growing areas of Africa have assessed the incidence and severity of cassava mosaic disease (CMD), populations of the whitefly vector (Bemisia tabaci), and the distribution of cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs). The methods employed differ greatly between countries a...
Sseruwagi, P.
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Sserubombwe, W.S.
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Legg, J.P.
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Ndunguru, J.
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Thresh, J.M.
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[Methods of surveying the incidence and severity of cassava mosaic disease and whitefly vector populations on cassava in Africa: a review]
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Methods of surveying the incidence and severity of cassava mosaic disease and whitefly vector populations on cassava in Africa: a review
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is the most important virus disease of cassava and a major food security threat in Africa. Yearly economic losses of up to $100 million USD have been attributed to CBSD. The lack of information on plant-virus interactions has restricted progress in breeding for...
Legg, J.P.
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Whyte, J.
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Kapinga, R.
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Teri, J.
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Anderson, P.
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Morales, Francisco José
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[Management of the cassava mosaic disease pandemic in East Africa]
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Management of the cassava mosaic disease pandemic in East Africa
Legg, J.P.
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[Whiteflies as vectors of plant viruses in cassava and sweet potato in Africa: Introduction]
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Whiteflies as vectors of plant viruses in cassava and sweet potato in Africa: Introduction
Cassava plays a key role in the food security of sub-Saharan Africa, but as a vegetatively propagated crop, it is particularly vulnerable to the effects of virus diseases and these therefore represent a major threat to the livelihoods of millions of Africans. Nine viruses have been isolated from ...
Convolutional neural network (CNN) models have the potential to improve plant disease phenotyping where the standard approach is visual diagnostics requiring specialized training. In scenarios where a CNN is deployed on mobile devices, models are presented with new challenges due to lighting and ...
Ramcharan, A.
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McCloskey, P.
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Baranowski, K.
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Mbilinyi, N.
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Mrisho, L.
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Ndalahwa, M.
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Legg, J.P.
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Hughes, D.P.
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[A mobile-based deep learning model for cassava disease diagnosis]
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A mobile-based deep learning model for cassava disease diagnosis
During the 1990s, an epidemic of an unusually severe form of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) has expanded to cover virtually all of Uganda, and substantial areas in the neighbouring countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Losses in the generally sensitive loca...
Legg, J.P.
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[Emergence, spread and strategies for controlling the pandemic of cassava mosaic virus disease in east and central Africa]
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Emergence, spread and strategies for controlling the pandemic of cassava mosaic virus disease in east and central Africa
Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) is the vector of cassava mosaic geminiviruses that cause cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which in turn causes devastating yield losses. Surveys were conducted from October 2000 to November 2001 in four agro-ecologies in Uganda to enhance the underst...
Otim, M.
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Legg, J.P.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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Polaszek, A.
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Gerling, D.
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[Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda]
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Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda
A survey in Senegal and Guinea Conakry established the presence and incidence of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) in both countries. CMD occurred in all the fields surveyed, although its incidence was higher in Senegal (83%) than in Guinea (64%). Populations of the whitefly vector, Bemisia taba...
Okao‐Okuja, G.
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Legg, J.P.
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Traoré, L.
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Jorge, M.A.B.
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[Viruses associated with cassava mosaic disease in Senegal and Guinea Conakry]
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Viruses associated with cassava mosaic disease in Senegal and Guinea Conakry
The extent of genetic variability and host-plant distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) genotypes colonising cultivated and uncultivated plant species occurring adjacent to cassava fields in selected cassava-producing areas of Uganda in 2003/04 were investigated using the mitochondrial cytoch...
Sseruwagi, P.
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Legg, J.P.
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Maruthi, M.
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Colvin, J.
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Rey, M.
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Brown, J.
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[Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations and presence of the B biotype and a nonB biotype that can induce silverleaf symptoms in quash, in Uganda]
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Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations and presence of the B biotype and a nonB biotype that can induce silverleaf symptoms in quash, in Uganda