Strategies for controlling cassava mosaic virus disease in Africa

• Published in: Plant pathology Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 587 - 614
• Main Authors: Thresh, J.M, Cooter, R.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.10.2005; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aleyrodidae; Begomovirus; Bemisia tabaci; Biological and medical sciences; cassava; Cassava mosaic disease; Control; cultural control; disease control; disease resistance; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geminiviridae; host plants; insect vectors; insecticides; literature reviews; Manihot esculenta; mild‐strain protection; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; phytosanitation; plant viruses; Plant viruses and viroids; Protozoa. Invertebrates; resistant varieties; whitefly vector; Africa; Plant pathology; Insecticide; resistant varieties; Plant pathogen; Insecta; Cross protection; Begomovirus; phytosanitation; Homoptera; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Euphorbiaceae; Geminiviridae; insecticides; DNA virus; Vector; Cultural control; mild-strain protection; Manihot esculenta; Pesticides; Pest and disease control; Tropical crop; Infection; Virus; Sensitivity resistance; Vegetable crop; Arthropoda; Bemisia tabaci; Viral disease; Strategy; whitefly vector; Aleyrodidae; Spermatophyta; Tuber plant; Invertebrata; Variety; Cassava

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is caused by whiteflyborne viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae). The disease has long been regarded as the most important of those affecting cassava in sub‐Saharan Africa, and has been the subject of much research, especially since the onset of the cur...