Plant viruses cause significant losses in agricultural crops worldwide, affecting the yield and
quality of agricultural products. The emergence of novel viruses or variants through genetic …

The origin of RNA interference (RNAi), the cell sentinel system widely shared among
eukaryotes that recognizes RNAs and specifically degrades or prevents their translation in …

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 …

Highlights•Cassava diseases have broad social and economic impacts for subsistence
farmers.•Clean planting material and better disease control will improve disease …

Cassava is the fourth largest source of calories in the world but is subject to economically
important yield losses due to viral diseases, including cassava brown streak disease and …

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) suppresses cassava yields across the tropics. The
dominant CMD2 locus confers resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses. It has been …

Viruses are obligate parasites which cause a range of severe plant diseases that affect farm
productivity around the world, resulting in immense annual losses of yield. Therefore, control …

Plant diseases caused by a variety of pathogens can have severe effects on crop plants and
even plants in natural ecosystems. Despite many effective conventional approaches to …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is one of the most important sources of dietary calories in the
tropics, playing a central role in food and economic security for smallholder farmers …

Plant diseases cause significant decreases in yield and quality of crops and consequently
pose a very substantial threat to food security. In the continuous search for environmentally …