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Autor: Legg, J.P.

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), recognized in Africa for more than a century, is now known to be caused by a group of geminiviruses in the genus Begomovirus from the family Geminiviridae. All are transmitted in a persistent manner by the whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci. Structurally, cassava mosaic...


Legg, J.P.[African cassava mosaic disease]African cassava mosaic disease

Cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease are caused by viruses transmitted by Bemisia tabaci and affect approximately half of all cassava plants in Africa, resulting in annual production losses of more than $US 1 billion. A historical and current bias towards virus rather than vect...


Legg, J.P.Shirima, R.R.Tajebe, L.Guastella, D.Boniface, S.Jeremiah, S.Nsami, E.Chikoti, Patrick ChizaRapisarda, C.[Biology and management of Bemisia whitefly vectors of cassava virus pandemics in Africa]Biology and management of Bemisia whitefly vectors of cassava virus pandemics in Africa

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), now known to be caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses (Family Geminiviridae; Genus Begomovirus), was first reported in East Africa in 1894. Epidemics occurred in Madagascar and Uganda in the 1930s and 1940s, and more localised rapid spread of CMD was observed in par...


Legg, J.P.Thresh, J.M.[Cassava mosaic virus disease in East Africa: a dynamic disease in a changing environment]Cassava mosaic virus disease in East Africa: a dynamic disease in a changing environment

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