| unraveling complex viral infections in cassava (manihot esculenta crantz) from colombia. | in the americas, different disease symptoms have been reported in cassava including leaf mosaics, vein clearings, mottles, ring spots, leaf distortions and undeveloped and deformed storage roots. some viruses have been identified and associated with these symptoms while others have been reported in symptomless plants or latent infections. we observed that reoviruses associated with severe root symptoms (rs) of cassava frogskin disease (cfsd) are not associated with leaf symptoms (ls) observed in ... | 2014 | 24374265 |
| resolution of cassava-infecting alphaflexiviruses: molecular and biological characterization of a novel group of potexviruses lacking the tgb3 gene. | several potexviruses (family alphaflexiviridae) have been reported infecting cassava (manihot esculenta crantz) in the americas. they were isolated from severely diseased plants during the last 30-40 years and include: cassava common mosaic virus (cscmv), cassava caribbean mosaic virus (cscamv), cassava colombian symptomless virus (cscsv) and cassava virus x (csvx). however, their definitive classification as distinct species remains unresolved for several reasons, including the lack of sequence ... | 2017 | 28365210 |