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Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa

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Title Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa
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Creator Basavaprabhu L. Patil*
James Legg
Edward Kanju
Claude M. Fauquet*
 
Subject Cassava
Cassava brown streak disease
Potyviridae
 
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Cassava 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.
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Date 2019-03-19T05:44:14Z
2019-03-19T05:44:14Z
2015-01-01
 
Type Journal
 
Identifier B. L. Patil*, J. Legg, E. Kanju and C. M. Fauquet* (2015) Cassava brown streak disease: a threat to food security in Africa. Journal of General Virology. 96: 956-968.
DOI 10.1099/vir.0.000014 956 000014
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/17443
 
Language English
 
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