Virus disease pandemics and epidemics that occur in the world's staple food crops pose a
major threat to global food security, especially in developing countries with tropical or …

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 …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) is the most important vegetatively propagated
food staple in Africa and a prominent industrial crop in Latin America and Asia. Its vegetative …

Bemisia tabaci whitefly species are some of the world's most devastating agricultural pests
and plant-virus disease vectors. Elucidation of the phylogenetic relationships in the group is …

Cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease are caused by viruses
transmitted by Bemisia tabaci and affect approximately half of all cassava plants in Africa …

Vegetables play a major role in the livelihoods of the rural poor in Africa. Among major
constraints to vegetable production worldwide are diseases caused by a group of viruses …

Over the past three decades, highly increased whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) populations have
been observed on the staple food crop cassava in eastern Africa and associated with …

Whiteflies are a key pest of crops in open-field production throughout the tropics and
subtropics. This is due in large part to the long and diverse list of devastating plant viruses …

Cassava brown streak disease is caused by two devastating viruses, Cassava brown streak
virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV) which are frequently found …

Projected climate changes are thought to promote emerging infectious diseases, though to
date, evidence linking climate changes and such diseases in plants has not been available …