Effects of Brown Streak Virus Disease on Yield and Quality of Cassava in Tanzania

By R. Hillocks, M. Raya, K. Mtunda, H. Kiozia. 2001

163 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science

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1. D. Jennings
2. R. Hillocks
3. John Colvin
4. Amit Dhingra
5. Bruce A. Williamson-Benavides
6. Mabrouk A. El-Sharkawy

Citations in the corpus

• Cassava brown streak disease: A review of present knowledge and research needs (2003, background): “Losses in root weight of up to 70% were attributed to CBSD in a highly sensitive cultivar that exhibited severe stem necrosis and dieback (Hillocks et al., 2001).”
• Transmission of Cassava brown streak virus by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (2005, background): “Losses in root weight of up to 70% were attributed to CBSD in susceptible cultivars (Hillocks et al., 2001).”
• Understanding Root Rot Disease in Agricultural Crops (2020, background): “Transgenic cassava lines expressing interfering RNAs against the sequence of the CBSV and UCBSV have increased the level of resistance against these two viruses [257–259].”