Single torradovirus infections explain the mysterious cassava frogskin disease in the Americas

Single torradovirus infections explain the mysterious cassava frogskin disease in the Americas

Abstract Cassava frogskin disease (CFSD) emerged in the Americas in the 1970s, but its causal agent has to date remained a mystery. The clonal propagation of cassava, high incidence of mixed infections, unknown alternative hosts, and root symptoms taking two or more crop cycles to develop, have made...

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Main Authors: Jenyfer Jimenez, Sara Caicedo, Juan M. Pardo, Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez, Robert Alvarez-Quinto, Dimitre Mollov, Wilmer J. Cuellar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Cassava
Emergent disease
High-throughput sequencing
Disease diagnostics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81142-2
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