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
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
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
As a case study to document the current characteristics of cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) in post epidemic areas, surveys were carried out, in 2003 and2004, in Siaya District of western Kenya. This was an area affected by a severe CMD pandemic in the late 1990s. Data recorded on cassava varie...
Mallowa, S.
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Isutsa, D.
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Kamau, A.
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Obonyo, R.
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Legg, J.P.
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[Current characteristics of cassava mosaic in postepidemic areas increase the range of possible management options]
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Current characteristics of cassava mosaic in postepidemic areas increase the range of possible management options
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