Molecular biodiversity of cassava begomoviruses in Tanzania: evolution of cassava geminiviruses in Africa and evidence for East Africa being a center of diversity of cassava geminiviruses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Cassava is infected by numerous geminiviruses in Africa and India that cause devastating losses to poor farmers. We here describe the molecular diversity of seven representative cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs) infecting cassava from multiple locations in Tanz...

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Main Authors: Aveling TAS, Legg JP, Ndunguru J, Thompson G, Fauquet CM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/2/1/21