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
Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] breeding is important for food security and health in East Africa (EA), and a breeding platform in Uganda provides national researchers and breeders in EA with true seed. Our objectives were to characterize
genetic relationships among parental material used ...
Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), caused by cassava brown streak ipomoviruses (CBSIs), has become the most debilitating biotic stress to cassava production in East and Central Africa. Lack of CBSD-resistant varieties has necessitated the search for alternative control measures. Most smallholde...
Shirima, R.R.
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Maeda, D.G.
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Kanju, E.E.
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Tumwegamire, Silver
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Ceasar, G.
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Mushi, E.
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Sichalwe, C.
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Mtunda, K.
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Mkamilo, G.
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Legg, J.
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[Assessing the degeneration of cassava under high-virus inoculum conditions in coastal Tanzania]
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Assessing the degeneration of cassava under high-virus inoculum conditions in coastal Tanzania