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Field evaluation of selected cassava genotypes for cassava brown streak disease based on symptom expression and virus load

BACKGROUND: Production of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a food security crop in sub-Saharan Africa, is threatened by the spread of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) which manifests in part as a corky necrosis in the storage root. It is caused by either of two virus species, Cassava brown str...

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Autores principales: Kaweesi, Tadeo, Kawuki, Robert, Kyaligonza, Vincent, Baguma, Yona, Tusiime, Geoffrey, Ferguson, Morag E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25526680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-014-0216-x