In recent years plant viruses have been detected from many environments, including
domestic and wild plants and interfaces between these systems—aquatic sources, feces of …

Despite the seemingly continuous development of newer and ever more elaborate methods
for detecting and identifying viruses, very few of these new methods get adopted for routine …

This paper examines the impacts of climate change on cassava production in Africa, and
questions whether cassava can play an important role in climate change adaptation. First …

Next-generation high throughput sequencing technologies became available at the onset of
the 21st century. They provide a highly efficient, rapid, and low cost DNA sequencing …

The rapid geographical expansion of the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) pandemic, caused
by cassava mosaic geminiviruses, has devastated cassava crops in 12 countries of East and …

A fast, accurate, and full indexing of viruses and viroids in a sample for the inspection and
quarantine services and disease management is desirable but was unrealistic until recently …

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 …

Cassava is the second most important staple food crop in terms of per capita calories
consumed in Africa and holds potential for climate change adaptation. Unfortunately …

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 …