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dc.contributor.authorPatil, B.L.
dc.contributor.authorLegg, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorKanju, E.
dc.contributor.authorFauquet, Claude M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:03:35Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:03:35Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.identifier.citationPatil, B.L., Legg, J., Kanju, E. & Fauquet, C. (2015). Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa. Journal of General Virology, 96(5), 956-968.
dc.identifier.issn0022-1317
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1151
dc.descriptionPublished Online: 01/05/2015
dc.description.abstractCassava brown streak disease (CBSD) has emerged as the most important viral disease of cassava (Manihot esculenta) in Africa and is a major threat to food security. CBSD is caused by two distinct species of ipomoviruses, Cassava brown streak virus and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus, belonging to the family Potyviridae. Previously, CBSD was reported only from the coastal lowlands of East Africa, but recently it has begun to spread as an epidemic throughout the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. This new spread represents a major threat to the cassava-growing regions of West Africa. CBSD-resistant cassava cultivars are being developed through breeding, and transgenic RNA interference-derived field resistance to CBSD has also been demonstrated. This review aims to provide a summary of the most important studies on the aetiology, epidemiology and control of CBSD and to highlight key research areas that need prioritization.
dc.format.extent956-968
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.titleCassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, India
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.journalJournal of General Virology
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid78208
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000014


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