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A New Type of Satellite Associated with Cassava Mosaic Begomoviruses.
Journal of virology - 13 Oct 2021
Aimone Catherine D, De León Leandro, Dallas Mary M, Ndunguru Joseph, Ascencio-Ibáñez José T, Hanley-Bowdoin Linda
Abstract excerpt
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by single-stranded DNA begomoviruses, severely limits cassava production across Africa. A previous study showed that CMD symptom severity and viral DNA accumulation increase in cassava in the presence of a DNA sequence designated SEGS-2 (sequence enhancing geminivirus symptoms). We report here that when SEGS-2 is coinoculated with African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)...
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