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 …

Insect-transmitted viruses cause some of the most damaging and economically important
diseases of crop plants, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. The geminiviruses, a …

Over 30 viruses infecting sweetpotato, assigned to 9 families, have been identified (Table 1):
Bromoviridae (1 virus), Bunyaviridae (1), Caulimoviridae (3), Closteroviridae (1) …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) are whitefly-transmitted, plant-infecting single-
stranded DNA viruses that cause crop losses throughout the warmer parts of the World …

The Oman strain of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV-OM) and its associated
betasatellite, an isolate of Tomato leaf curl betasatellite (ToLCB), were previously reported …

From Brazilian weeds with typical symptoms of a geminivirus infection, the DNAs of two new
virus species, two new strains with two variants of already known bipartite begomoviruses …

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 …

Sweet potato leaf curl virus (SPLCV) infects sweet potato and is a member of the family
Geminiviridae (genus Begomovirus). SPLCV transmission occurs from plant to plant mostly …

This review examines viral degeneration in sweetpotato in different regions of the World,
particularly that caused by Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and Sweet potato …

Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses (WTGs) have emerged as the most destructive
pathogens, particularly in the tropics and subtropics. The epidemics caused by the emerging …