Diagnostic surveys were conducted in 2002 and 2003 in order to provide a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the status of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in the Republic of Congo (ROC) and to determine if the disease was spreading. In 2002, 105 farmers’ fields were assessed in the four major c...
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Okao-Okuja, G.
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Bembe, A.
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Obambi, M.
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Armand Mvila, J.C.
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Legg, J.P.
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[Incidence and severity of cassava mosaic disease in the Republic of Congo]
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Incidence and severity of cassava mosaic disease in the Republic of Congo
Parasitism rates of Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius) and searching and oviposition behaviours of its parasitoid Eretmocerus mundus Mercet were compared on two cassava varieties: a glabrous variety, Nase 4 and a hirsute variety, MM970245 withc.88 leaf hairscm2. Parasitism was assessed after potted plants...
Otim, M.
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Kyalo, G.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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Asiimwe, P.
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Legg, J.P.
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Guershon, M
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Gerling, D.
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[Parasitism of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: aleyrodidae) by Eretmocerus mundus (Hymenoptera: aphelinidae) on cassava]
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Parasitism of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: aleyrodidae) by Eretmocerus mundus (Hymenoptera: aphelinidae) on cassava
Mkamilo, G.S.
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Ndyetabula, I.L.
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Jeremiah, S.C.
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Merumba, S.M.
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Kibura, J.
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Karugaba, R.K
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Chirimi, B.
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Bagambisa, C.
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Milala, P.
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Chuwa, C.
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Ngendello, T.
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Legg, J.P.
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Kanju, E.E.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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[Recently released cassava varieties in the lake zone of Tanzania]
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Recently released cassava varieties in the lake zone of Tanzania
Cassava diseases are major production constraints wherever the crop is grown. Although diseases will continue to pose a challenge to cassava producers in the immediate future, tremendous progress is being made in developing control tactics. These range from biotechnological approaches for enhanci...
Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is the vector of cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs) and cassava brown streak viruses (CBSVs) in Africa, which cause devastating yield losses. As a prerequisite to developing biological control methods and enhancing knowledge of the fauna of whitefly parasitoids in sub-...
Guastella, D.
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Lulah, H.
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Tajebe, L.
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Cavalieri, V.
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Evans, G.
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Pedata, P.A.
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Rapisarda, C.
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Legg, J.P.
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[Survey on whiteflies and their parasitoids in cassava mosaic pandemic areas of Tanzania using morphological and molecular techniques]
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Survey on whiteflies and their parasitoids in cassava mosaic pandemic areas of Tanzania using morphological and molecular techniques
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is the most important constraint to cassava (Manihot esculenta) production in Africa. Since the 1990s, the importance of the disease has been greatly increased by the spread through East and Central Africa of a pandemic of unusually severe CMD (Legg, 1999), associated...
Bigirimana, S.
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Barumbanze, P.
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Obonyo, R.
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Legg, J.P.
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[First evidence for the spread of East African cassava mosaic virus Uganda (EACMVUG) and the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease to Burundi]
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First evidence for the spread of East African cassava mosaic virus Uganda (EACMVUG) and the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease to Burundi
Here, we report a method to clean cassava plants from viral infections that cause cassava mosaic and brown streak diseases in Africa. Infected plants of resistant or tolerant varieties from Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were cleaned in the UK using a combination of tissue culture...
Maruthi, M.N.
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Whitfield, E.C.
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Otti, G.
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Tumwegamire, Silver
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Kanju, E.
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Legg, J.P.
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Mkamilo, G.
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Kawuki, R.
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Benesi, I.
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Zacarias, A.
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Munga, T.
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Mwatuni, F.
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Mbugua, E.
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[A method for generating virus-free cassava plants to combat viral disease epidemics in Africa]
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A method for generating virus-free cassava plants to combat viral disease epidemics in Africa
Cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) cause cassava mosaic disease (CMD) across Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Like all members of the geminivirus family, CMBs have small, circular single-stranded DNA genomes. We report here the discovery of two novel DNA sequences, designated SEGS-1 and SEGS-...
Cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) cause cassava mosaic disease (CMD) across Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Like all members of the geminivirus family, CMBs have small, circular single-stranded DNA genomes. We report here the discovery of two novel DNA sequences, designated SEGS-1 and SEGS-...
Ndunguru, Joseph
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León, Leandro de
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Doyle, Catherine D.
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Sseruwagi, Peter
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Plata, German
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Legg, J.P.
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Thompson, Graham
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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Aveling, Theresa
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Ascencio Ibáñez, Jose T.
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Hanley Bowdoin, Linda
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[Two Novel DNAs that enhance symptoms and overcome CMD2 resistance to cassava mosaic disease]
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Two Novel DNAs that enhance symptoms and overcome CMD2 resistance to cassava mosaic disease