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Occurrence of three distinct begomoviruses in cassava in Madagascar
Author(s) -
RANOMENJANAHARY S,
RABINDRAN R,
ROBINSON D J
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2002.tb00187.x
Subject(s) - biology , manihot esculenta , geminiviridae , agroforestry , botany , begomovirus , microbiology and biotechnology , agronomy , plant virus , virology , virus
Summary The presence of East African cassava mosaic virus in association with cassava mosaic disease in Madagascar has previously been reported. We now describe virus isolates from mosaic‐affected Madagascan cassava with epitope profiles typical of African cassava mosaic virus , and an isolate with a nucleotide sequence similar to that of South African cassava mosaic virus . Thus, three distinct begomoviruses occur in cassava in Madagascar.