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East African cassava mosaic-like viruses from Africa to Indian ocean islands: molecular diversity, evolutionary history and geographical dissemination of a bipartite begomovirus.
BMC evolutionary biology - 27 Nov 2012
De Bruyn Alexandre, Villemot Julie, Lefeuvre Pierre, Villar Emilie, Hoareau Murielle, Harimalala Mireille, Abdoul-Karime Anli L, Abdou-Chakour Chadhouliati, Reynaud Bernard, Harkins Gordon W, Varsani Arvind, Martin Darren P, Lett Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a major food source for over 200 million sub-Saharan Africans. Unfortunately, its cultivation is severely hampered by cassava mosaic disease (CMD). Caused by a complex of bipartite cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMG) species (Family: Geminivirideae; Genus: Begomovirus) CMD has been widely described throughout Africa and it is apparent that CMG's are expanding their...
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