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Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci species colonizing cassava in Central African Republic characterized by analysis of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Tocko-Marabena Brice Kette, Silla Semballa, Simiand Christophe, Zinga Innocent, Legg James, Reynaud Bernard, Delatte Helene
Abstract excerpt
After 2007, upsurges of whiteflies on cassava plants and high incidences of cassava diseases were observed in Central African Republic. This recent upsurge in the abundance of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) was directly linked to serious damage to cassava crops resulting from spread of whitefly-borne cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs). There is currently very little information describing...
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