2021 journal article

A New Type of Satellite Associated with Cassava Mosaic Begomoviruses

JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 95(21).

By: C. Aimone n, L. De Leon  n, M. Dallas n, J. Ndunguru, J. Ascencio-Ibanez  n & L. Hanley-Bowdoin n 

author keywords: Arabidopsis; begomovirus; cassava mosaic disease; SEGS
MeSH headings : Begomovirus / classification; Begomovirus / genetics; Begomovirus / isolation & purification; Begomovirus / pathogenicity; DNA, Viral / genetics; Genome, Viral; Manihot / virology; Mutation; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases / virology; Recombination, Genetic; Satellite Viruses / classification; Satellite Viruses / genetics; Satellite Viruses / isolation & purification; Satellite Viruses / pathogenicity; Tobacco / virology
TL;DR: SEGS-2, which was originally isolated from cassava crops displaying severe and atypical CMD symptoms in Tanzanian fields, is a novel begomovirus satellite that can compromise the development of durable CMD resistance. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 1, 2021

Cassava is an important root crop in the developing world and a food and income crop for more than 300 million African farmers. Cassava is rising in global importance and trade as the demands for biofuels and commercial starch increase.