Viruses of herbacious legumes in the moist savannah of West Africa

cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierShirley Tarawali: 0000-0001-9398-8780
cg.issn0041-3291en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalTropical Scienceen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Jacqueline d'Arrosen
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, Shirley A.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-11T09:24:59Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-11T09:24:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/29811
dc.titleViruses of herbacious legumes in the moist savannah of West Africaen
dcterms.abstractVirus diseases of herbaceous legumes have been relatively little studied even though the legumes play an important role in the maintenance of soil fertility and pest/disease management as well as providing fodder in sub-Saharan Africa. Leaf samples exhibiting virus-like symptoms from nine herbaceous legume genera (Aeschynomene, Arachis, Calopogonium, Centrosema, Chamaecrista, Cratylia, Dicolea, Stylosanthes and Zornia) were tested for 12 viruses reported to occur in herbaceous legumes. Although six viruses (blackeye cowpea mosaic, peanut mottle, bean common mosaic and bean yellow mosaic potyviruses, cucumber mosaic cucumovirus and tobacco mosaic tobamovirus) were detected, some symptomatic samples tested negative. These were examined by electron microscopy and virus-like particles were observed.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTropical Science;39(2): 70-76en
dcterms.extentp. 70-76en
dcterms.issued1999
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectfeed legumesen
dcterms.subjectseedborne organismsen
dcterms.subjectvirusesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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