Virus diseases that have emerged in the past two decades limit the production of important
vegetable crops in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions worldwide, and many of the …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) are responsible for many economically important
crop diseases worldwide. The majority of these diseases are caused by bipartite …

Geminivirus taxonomy and nomenclature is growing in complexity with the number of
genomic sequences deposited in sequence databases. Taxonomic and nomenclatural …

Circoviruses are known to infect birds and pigs and can cause a wide range of severe
symptoms with significant economic impact. Using viral metagenomics, we identified …

Geminiviruses and their satellites have circular single stranded DNA genomes, infecting
many crops and weeds across the globe. To successfully invade new hosts, break host …

Background Viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) have genomes
consisting of either one or two genomic components. The component of bipartite …

Plant pathogenic geminiviruses have been proliferating worldwide and have, therefore,
attracted considerable scientific interest during the past three decades. Current knowledge …

Grapevine red blotch-associated virus (GRBaV) is a newly identified virus of grapevines and
a putative member of a new genus within the family Geminiviridae. This virus is associated …

The order Picornavirales includes several plant viruses that are currently classified into the
families Comoviridae (genera Comovirus, Fabavirus and Nepovirus) and Sequiviridae …

Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and
Opportunities for Improvement evaluates traditional cultivation practices used by smallholder …