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Maize streak virus: an old and complex 'emerging' pathogen.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Jan 2010
Shepherd Dionne N, Martin Darren P, Van Der Walt Eric, Dent Kyle, Varsani Arvind, Rybicki Edward P
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Maize streak virus (MSV; Genus Mastrevirus, Family Geminiviridae) occurs throughout Africa, where it causes what is probably the most serious viral crop disease on the continent. It is obligately transmitted by as many as six leafhopper species in the Genus Cicadulina, but mainly by C. mbila Naudé and C. storeyi. In addition to maize, it can infect over 80 other species in the Family Poaceae. Whereas...
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