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African cassava mosaic virus · pathogen pressure · Manihot esculenta

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“the area affected by the severe form of the disease had expanded to cover virtually all Uganda”
Source
Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
Authors
Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
Year
2005
Publication
Annual Review of Phytopathology
Page
86

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “ACMV and recombinant variants causing severe cassava mosaic disease across East Africa is well-documented; Uganda epidemic and regional spread are accurate.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “African cassava mosaic virus (begomovirus, Geminiviridae) is canonical cassava pathogen; Uganda epidemic well-documented in plant pathology literature.”

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