Begomoviruses constitute an extremely successful group of emerging plant viruses
transmitted by whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci complex. Hosts include important vegetable …

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs) is one of
the most devastating crop diseases and a major constraint for cassava cultivation. CMD has …

Although single stranded (ss) DNA viruses that infect humans and their domesticated
animals do not generally cause major diseases, the arthropod borne ssDNA viruses of …

Plant pathogenic geminiviruses have been proliferating worldwide and have, therefore,
attracted considerable scientific interest during the past three decades. Current knowledge …

The combinatorial nature of genetic recombination can potentially provide organisms with
immediate access to many more positions in sequence space than can be reached by …

The incidence of begomovirus infections in crop plants sharply increased in Brazil during the
1990s following the introduction of the invasive B biotype of the whitefly vector, Bemisia …

Maize streak virus (MSV; Genus Mastrevirus, Family Geminiviridae) occurs throughout
Africa, where it causes what is probably the most serious viral crop disease on the continent …

Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is one of the most devastating viral diseases
affecting tomato crops in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of the world. Here, we …

Over the past three decades, highly increased whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) populations have
been observed on the staple food crop cassava in eastern Africa and associated with …

Cassava is the fourth largest source of calories in the world but is subject to economically
important yield losses due to viral diseases, including cassava brown streak disease and …