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Prevalence and genetic diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria infecting cassava whiteflies in Africa.
BMC microbiology - 2 May 2015
Ghosh Saptarshi, Bouvaine Sophie, Maruthi M N
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BACKGROUND: Cassava provides over half of the dietary requirement for more than 200 million poor in Africa. In recent years, cassava has been affected by an epidemic of a virus disease called cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) that is spreading in much of eastern and central Africa, affecting food security and the economic development of the poor. The viruses that cause CBSD are transmitted by the insect vector...
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