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How virulent are emerging maize-infecting mastreviruses?
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2021
Oyeniran Kehinde A, Hartnady Penelope, Claverie Sohini, Lefeuvre Pierre, Monjane Adérito L, Donaldson Lara, Lett Jean-Michel, Varsani Arvind, Martin Darren P
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Maize streak disease (MSD) is one of the most significant biotic constraints on the production of Africa's most important cereal crop. Until recently, the only virus known to cause severe MSD was the A-strain of maize streak virus (MSV/A), a member of the genus Mastrevirus, family Geminiviridae. However, over the past decade, two other mastreviruses, MSV/C and maize streak Réunion virus (MSRV), have been...
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