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RNAi-mediated resistance to diverse isolates belonging to two virus species involved in Cassava brown streak disease

Titus Alicai · Basavaraj Bagewadi · Claude M. Fauquet · J. F. Kreuze +7 more

Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is emerging as one of the most important viral diseases of cassava (Manihotesculenta) and is considered today as the biggest threat to cassava cultivation in East Africa. The disease is caused by isolate…

RUF-35871 2010 CC BY 4.0 3 Feb 2016

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Simple sequence repeats (SSR) diversity of cassava in South, East and Central Africa in relation to resistance to cassava brown streak disease

T. Alicai · Y. Baguma · M. Ferguson · P. Gibson +8 more

This study was conducted to: (1) determine the amount and structure of the genetic diversity of cassava in southern, eastern and central (SEC) Africa using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, (2) determine the frequency and distribution …

RUF-33665 2013 CC BY 4.0 14 Apr 2015