Article
Population diversity of cassava mosaic begomoviruses increases over the course of serial vegetative propagation.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2021
Aimone Catherine D, Lavington Erik, Hoyer J Steen, Deppong David O, Mickelson-Young Leigh, Jacobson Alana, Kennedy George G, Carbone Ignazio, Hanley-Bowdoin Linda, Duffy Siobain
Abstract excerpt
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) represents a serious threat to cassava, a major root crop for more than 300 million Africans. CMD is caused by single-stranded DNA begomoviruses that evolve rapidly, making it challenging to develop durable disease resistance. In addition to the evolutionary forces of mutation, recombination and reassortment, factors such as climate, agriculture practices and the presence of DNA...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Begomovirus
- Codon
- DNA, Intergenic
- DNA, Viral
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Manihot
- Mutation
- Plant Diseases
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Satellite Viruses