Plant viral diseases are the foremost threat to sustainable agriculture, leading to several
billion dollars in losses every year. Many viruses infecting several crops have been …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an important tuber crop with tremendous potential as a functional
food in the tropics and subtropics. However, the crop has not shown progressive productivity …

Badnaviruses (Family: Caulimoviridae; Genus: Badnavirus) are non-enveloped bacilliform
DNA viruses with a monopartite genome containing about 7.2 to 9.2 kb of dsDNA with three …

Abstract Potyviruses (genus Potyvirus; family Potyviridae) are widely distributed and
represent one of the most economically important genera of plant viruses. Therefore, their …

We here assessed the capability of the MinION sequencing approach to detect and
characterize viruses infecting a water yam plant. This sequencing platform consistently …

Yam mosaic virus (YMV; genus Potyvirus) is considered to cause the most economically
important viral disease of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa which is the dominant region …

Yam is an important food staple for millions of people globally, particularly those in the
developing countries of West Africa and the Pacific Islands. To sustain the growing …

Roditis leaf discoloration (RLD), a graft-transmissible disease of grapevine, was first
reported in Greece in the 1980s. Even though various native grapevine viruses were …

Viruses are a major constraint for yam production worldwide. They hamper the conservation,
movement, and exchange of yam germplasm and are a threat to food security in tropical and …

In vitro culture offers many advantages for yam germplasm conservation, propagation and
international distribution. However, low virus titres in the generated tissues pose a challenge …