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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 ...


Legg, J.P.Thresh, J.M.[Cassava virus diseases in Africa]Cassava virus diseases in Africa
Mkamilo, G.S.Ndyetabula, I.L.Jeremiah, S.C.Merumba, S.M.Kibura, J.Karugaba, R.KChirimi, B.Bagambisa, C.Milala, P.Chuwa, C.Ngendello, T.Legg, J.P.Kanju, E.E.Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas[Recently released cassava varieties in the lake zone of Tanzania]Recently released cassava varieties in the lake zone of Tanzania
Autor: Legg, J.P.

Cassava is an important crop in many parts of the tropics, but it plays a particularly vital role in sustaining food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Diseases are the greatest biotic constraint to cassava production worldwide. Although the diversity of cassava pathogens is greatest in Latin Americ...


Legg, J.P.[Cassava diseases: ecology and control]Cassava diseases: ecology and control

To satisfy a growing demand for food, global agricultural production must increase by 70% by 2050. However, pests and crop diseases put global food supplies at risk. Worldwide, yield losses caused by pests and diseases are estimated to average 21.5% in wheat, 30.0% in rice, 22.6% in maize, 17.2% ...


Carvajal-Yepes, M.Cardwell, K.Nelson, A.Garrett, K.A.Giovani, B.Saunders, D.G.O.Kamoun, S.Legg, J.P.Verdier, ValérieLessel, J.Neher, R.A.Day, R.Pardey, P.Gullino, M.L.Records, A.R.Bextine, B.Leach, J.E.Staiger, S.Tohme, Joseph M.[A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies]A global surveillance system for crop diseases: global preparedness minimizes the risk to food supplies

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...


Dixon, Alfred G.O.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitCoyne, D.L.Ferguson, M.Ferris, R.S.B.Hanna, R.Hughes, J.Ingelbrecht, I.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Mowbray, D.Neuenschwander, P.Whyte, J.Hartmann, P.Ortiz, R.[Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development]Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development
Legg, J.P.Attiogbevi Somado, EklouBarker, IanBeach, LarryCeballos, H.Cuéllar, Wilmer J.Elkhoury, WaridGerling, DanHelsen, JanHershey, Clair H.Jarvis, AndyKulakow, P.A.Kumar, LavaLorenzo, JimLynam, John K.McMahon, MatthewMaruthi, GowdaMiano, DougMtunda, KiddoNtawuruhunga, PheneasOkogbenin, EmmanuelPezo, PhembaTerry, Eugene R.Thiele, GrahamThresh, MichaelWadsworth, JonathanWalsh, SteveWinter, StephanTohme, Joseph M.Fauquet, Claude M.[A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa]A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa
Legg, J.P.Kumar, P.L.Mahuku, G.Wosula, Everlyne N.Stavolone, L.Terry, Eugene R.Bosque Pérez, N.A.[Viruses affecting African crops and their vectors]Viruses affecting African crops and their vectors
Agboka, K.Ayodele, M.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitBeed, Fen D.Boons, P.Chikoye, D.Coulibaly, O.Coyne, D.L.Dubois, T.Emechebe, A.Gnanvossou, D.Goergen, Georg E.Gold, C.S.Hanna, R.Hauser, S.Hell, K.Herron, C.M.Hughes, Jacqueline d'ArrosJames, B.Kooyman, C.Lema, A.K.Legg, J.P.Mwangi, M.Nankinga, C.Neuenschwander, P.Nolte, C.Norgrove, L.Offei, S.Okech, S.Onzo, A.Ragama, P.E.Tamo, M.Tindo, M.Toko, M.Tripathi, L.Vayssières, Jean-FrançoisWeise, S.F.Wendt, J.Zannou, I.[Project B: developing plant health management options]Project B: developing plant health management options
Abass, A.Abele, S.Andrade, M.Asten, Piet J.A. vanCoyne, D.L.Dochez, C.Dubois, T.Gerguson, M.Fermont, A.Ferris, S.Gold, C.Hanna, R.Khizzah, B.Kanju, E.Kolijn, S.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Muchopa, C.Nankinga, C.Niere, B.Ntawuruhungu, P.Okech, S.Pillay, M.Ragama, P.E.Tenkouano, A.Toko, M.Wendt, J.Whyte, J.[Project D: promoting food security and income generation through sustainable production and commercialization of starchy and grain staples in eastern and southern Africa]Project D: promoting food security and income generation through sustainable production and commercialization of starchy and grain staples in eastern and southern Africa

To improve understanding of the dynamics of the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) pandemic front, geospatial approaches were applied to the analysis of 3 years’ data obtained from a 2-by-2° (approximately 222-by-222 km) area of northwestern Tanzania. In total, 80 farmers’ fields were assessed in each ...


Szyniszewska, A.M.Busungu, C.Boni, S.B.Shirima, R.Bouwmeester, H.J.Legg, J.P.[Spatial analysis of temporal changes in the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease in Northwestern Tanzania]Spatial analysis of temporal changes in the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease in Northwestern Tanzania

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