AMOVA, benomyl resistance, black Sigatoka, genetic variability, Musa spp., β-tubulin gene sequence

Fahleson, J., Nakyanzi, M., Okori, P., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Kenyon, L. and Dixelius, C. (2009) Genetic analysis of Mycosphaerella fijiensis in the Ugandan Lake Victoria region reveals a homogenous population. Plant Pathology, 58 (5). pp. 888-897. ISSN 1365-3059 (online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02099.x)

Africa, biotechnology, biosafety, policy, regulation, model law

Black, Robert ORCID: 0000-0001-6596-882X , Fava, Fabio, Mattei, Niccolo, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Verdier, Valerie (2011) Case studies on the use of biotechnologies and on biosafety provisions in four African countries. Journal of Biotechnology, 156 (4). pp. 370-381. ISSN 0168-1656 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.06.036)

Agroecology, Climate-change ecology, Ecological epidemiology, Ecological modelling, Entomology, Invasive species, Population dynamics

Kriticos, Darren J., Darnell, Ross E., Yonow, Tania, Ota, Noboru, Sutherst, Robert W., Parry, Hazel R., Mugerwa, Habibu, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John, Macfadyen, Sarina, Kalyebi, Andrew, Hulthen, Andrew and De Barro, Paul J. (2020) Improving climate suitability for Bemisia tabaci in East Africa is correlated with increased prevalence of whiteflies and cassava diseases. Scientific reports, 10 (1):22049. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79149-6)

Badnavirus; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Sequence diversity; Yam; Dioscorea spp.; Endogenous pararetrovirus (EPRV); Episomal badnavirus; Integration; Detection

Turaki, Aliyu A., Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2017) PCR-DGGE analysis: Unravelling complex mixtures of badnavirus sequences present in yam germplasm. Viruses, 9 (7). p. 181. ISSN 1999-4915 (Print), 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/v9070181)

Badnavirus; Dioscorea yam; ELISA; Endogenous pararetroviruses; Immunosorbent electron microscopy; PCR

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Turaki, Aliyu, Muller, Emmanuelle, Kumar, P. Lava, Kenyon, Lawrence, Filloux, Denis, Galzi, Serge, Lopez-Montes, Antonio and Iskra-Caruana, Marie-Line (2014) The prevalence of badnaviruses in West African yams (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata) and evidence of endogenous pararetrovirus sequences in their genomes. Virus Research, 186. pp. 144-154. ISSN 0168-1702 (Print), 1872-7492 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2014.01.007)

Begomovirus, Bemisia tabaci, ELISA, geminivirus, genome sequences, hibiscus, host range, India, PCR

Rajeshwari, R., Reddy, R.V.C., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muniyappa, V. (2005) Host range, vector relationships and sequence comparison of a begomovirus infecting hibiscus in India. Annals of Applied Biology, 147 (1). pp. 15-25. ISSN 0003-4746 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00005.x)

Bemisia tabaci whitefly species; agricultural pests and plant-virus disease vectors

Mugerwa, Habibu, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Wang, Hua-Ling, Patel, Mitulkumar V., Kabaalu, Richard, Omongo, Christopher A., Alicai, Titus, Tairo, Fred, Ndunguru, Joseph, Sseruwagi, Peter and Colvin, John (2018) African ancestry of New World, Bemisia tabaci-whitefly species. Scientific Reports, 8 (1):2734. ISSN 2045-2322 (Print), 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20956-3)

Bemisia tabaci, Whitefly complex

Vyskočilová, Soňa, Tay, Wee Tek, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John (2018) An integrative approach to discovering cryptic species within the Bemisia tabaci whitefly species complex. Scientific Reports, 8:10886. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29305-w)

Bemisia tabaci, cassava mosaic virus disease, fecundity, mating compatibility, RAPD-PCR, Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J. and Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2001) Mating compatibility, life-history traits, and RAPD-PCR variation in Bemisia tabaci associated with the cassava mosaic disease pandemic in East Africa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 99 (1). pp. 13-23. ISSN 0013-8703 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00797.x)

Bemisia tabaci, constitutive and plastic expression, host adaptation, insect–plant interactions, molecular mechanisms, polyphagy

Malka, Osnat ORCID: 0000-0003-0193-377X , Feldmesser, Ester, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Santos‐Garcia, Diego ORCID: 0000-0002-3401-2662 , Han, Wen‐Hao, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X and Morin, Shai ORCID: 0000-0003-2157-1999 (2020) The molecular mechanisms that determine different degrees of polyphagy in the Bemisia tabaci species complex. Evolutionary Applications, 14 (3). pp. 807-820. ISSN 1752-4563 (Print), 1752-4571 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13162)

Bemisia tabaci, emerging disease epidemics, geminiviruses, gene silencing, recombination, DNA satellite molecules

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Jeger, M.J. and vandenBosch, F. (2006) Factors influencing begomovirus evolution and their increasing global significance: implications for sustainable control. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 25 (1). pp. 23-46. ISSN 0735-2689 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07352680500365257)

Bemisia tabaci, gene expression, RT-qPCR, transcription profiling

Collins, Carl, Patel, Mitulkumar V., Colvin, John, Bailey, David and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2014) Identification and evaluation of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Asia I) by reverse transcription quantitative realtime PCR. Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1):63. pp. 1-25. ISSN 1536-2442 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1673/031.014.63)

Bemisia tabaci, pest, plant damage

Boykin, Laura M., Kinene, Tonny, Wainaina, James M., Savill, Anders, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Mugerwa, Habibu, Macfadyen, Sarina, Tay, Wee Tek, De Barro, Paul, Kubatko, Laura, Alicai, Titus, Omongo, Christopher A., Tairo, Fred, Ndunguru, Joseph and Sseruwagi, Peter (2018) Review and guide to a future naming system of African Bemisia tabaci species. Systematic Entomology, 43 (3). pp. 427-433. ISSN 0307-6970 (Print), 1365-3113 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12294)

Bemisia tabaci, whitefly, mosaic disease, image analysis

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Gibson, G. and Cooper, J. (2002) Co-adaptation between cassava mosaic geminiviruses and their local vector populations. Virus Research, 86 (1-2). pp. 71-85. ISSN 0168-1702 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00051-5)

Bemisia tabaci, whitefly, transcriptome, next generation sequencing, quantitative real-time (QRT)-PCR, Asia 1 mtCOI

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Patel, Mitulkumar V., Collins, Carl, Colvin, John and Bailey, David (2012) Next generation transcriptome sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR technologies for characterisation of the Bemisia tabaci Asia 1 mtCOI phylogenetic clade. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 281-292. ISSN 2095-3119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60012-4)

Bemisia tabaci; cryptic species; phylogenetics; RAD-Seq; reproductive compatibility; whiteflies

Wang, Hualing, Lei, T, Wang, X-O, Cameron, S, Navas-Castillo, J, Liu, Y-Q, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Omongo, C, Delatte, H, Lee, K-Y, Krause-Sakate, R, Ng, J, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Fiallo-Olivé, E, Bushley, K, Colvin, John and Liu, S-S (2024) A comprehensive framework for the delimitation of species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic complex, a global pest-species group. Insect Science. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13361)

Bemisia tabaci; gene targets; osmoregulation; sucrase; aquaporin; alpha-glucosidase; symbiosis; Portiera; RNA interference; pest management

Kaweesi, Tadeo, Colvin, John, Campbell, Lahcen, Visendi, Paul, Maslen, Gareth, Alicai, Titus and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2024) In silico prediction of candidate gene targets for the management of African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), a key vector of viruses causing cassava brown streak disease. PeerJ – the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, 12:e16949. pp. 1-27. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16949)

Bemisia tabaci; phylogenomics; reciprocal crossing; sub-Saharan Africa species

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Wang, Hua‐Ling, Sseruwagi, Peter, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John (2020) Whole‐genome single nucleotide polymorphism and mating compatibility studies reveal the presence of distinct species in sub‐Saharan Africa Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Insect Science, 28 (6). pp. 1553-1566. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12881)

CBSD, CBSV, UCBSV, CMD, Food Security, Virology

Tomlinson, Katie R., Bailey, Andy M., Alicai, Titus, Seal, Sue ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Foster, Gary D. (2017) Cassava brown streak disease: historical timeline, current knowledge and future prospects. Molecular Plant Pathology. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12613)

CBSV, RT-PCR, diagnosis, cost-effective protocols

Abarshi, M.M., Mohammed, I.U., Wasswa, P., Hillocks, R.J., Holt, J., Legg, J.P., Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X (2009) Optimization of diagnostic RT-PCR protocols and sampling procedures for the reliable and cost-effective detection of Cassava brown streak virus. Journal of Virological Methods, 163 (2). pp. 353-359. ISSN 0166-0934 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.10.023)

Cassava brown streak virus; Ugandan cassava brown streak virus; Cassava; Food security; Infectious clones

Tomlinson, Katie R., Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Bailey, Andy M. and Foster, Gary D. ORCID: 0000-0002-1979-1397 (2019) Utilization of infectious clones to visualize Cassava brown streak virus replication in planta and gain insights into symptom development. Virus Genes, 55 (6). pp. 825-833. ISSN 0920-8569 (Print), 1572-994X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-019-01697-5)

Cassava mosaic disease; Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus; Bemisia tabaci; Virus transmission; Differential transmission

Chi, Yao, Pan, Li-Long, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Fan, Yun-Yun, Liu, Yin-Quan, Liu, Shu-Sheng, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Wang, Xiao-Wei (2019) Differential transmission of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus by three cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex. Virology, 15. pp. 141-149. ISSN 0042-6822 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2019.11.013)

Detection, GFLV, Vitis vinifera

Silva, G. ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Lecourt, J., Clover, G.R.G. and Seal, S. E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2017) First report of Grapevine fanleaf virus infecting grapevine in the United Kingdom. New Disease Reports, 36 (9). ISSN 2044-0588 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2017.036.009)

Grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV)

Silva, G. ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Lecourt, J., Clover, G.R.G. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2018) First record of Grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting Vitis vinifera in the United Kingdom. New Disease Reports, 38 (7). ISSN 2044-0588 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2018.038.007)

In vitro culture; RNA-Seq; Dioscorea spp.; Badnavirus; Yam mosaic virus

Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Rathnayake, Ajith I., Visendi, Paul, Sewe, Steven O., Sicat, Juan Paolo A., Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2018) Tissue culture and next-generation sequencing: A combined approach for detecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) viruses. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 105. pp. 54-66. ISSN 0885-5765 (Print), 1096-1178 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2018.06.003)

Insect‐plant interactions; Species complex; Diversification; Host adaptation; Diet breadth; Bemisia tabaci

Malka, Osnat, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Feldmesser, Ester, Sharon, Elad, Krause-Sakate, Renate, Delatte, Hélène, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Patel, Mitulkumar, Muhindira, Paul Visendi, Mugerwa, Habibu, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John and Morin, Shai (2018) Species-complex diversification and host-plant associations in Bemisia tabaci : a plant-defense, detoxification perspective revealed by RNAseq analyses. Molecular Ecology, 27 (21). pp. 4241-4256. ISSN 0962-1083 (Print), 1365-294X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14865)

Iraq, tomato, disease, virus evolution, sequencing

Al-Kuwaiti, N., Otto, B., Collins, C., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X (2013) Molecular characterisation and first complete genome sequence of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) infecting tomato in Iraq. New Disease Reports, 27:17. ISSN 2044-0588 (doi:https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2013.027.017)

MSV; Maize streak virus; diagnostics; LAMP; Food security; Capacity building

Tembo, Mathias, Adediji, Adedapo O., Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Chikoti, Patrick C., Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Silva, Gonҫalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 (2020) A quick and sensitive diagnostic tool for detection of Maize streak virus. Scientific Reports, 10:19633. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76612-2)

Mitochondrial phylogenetic groups; Invasiveness; Survival analysis; Optimal oviposition theory; Optimal foraging theory; Bacterial endosymbionts

Vyskočilová, Soňa ORCID: 0000-0001-5296-4272 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X (2019) Relative polyphagy of “Mediterranean” cryptic Bemisia tabaci whitefly species and global pest status implications. Journal of Pest Science, 92 (3). pp. 1071-1088. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-019-01113-9)

RNA-Seq; virus detection; Betaflexiviridae; next-generation sequencing; HTS

Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Rathnayake, Ajith I., Sewe, Steven O., Visendi, Paul, Oyekanmi, Joshua O., Quain, Marian D., Akomeah, Belinda, Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2019) Molecular characterization of a new virus species identified in yam (Dioscorea spp.) by high-throughput sequencing. Plants, 8 (6):167. ISSN 2223-7747 (Print), 2223-7747 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8060167)

Reverse-transcribing viruses, five families: Caulimoviridae, Hepadnaviridae, Metaviridae, Pseudoviridae, Retroviridae, taxonomic changes

Krupovic, Mart, Harrach, Balázs, Sabanadzovic, Sead, Sanfaçon, Hélène, Koonin, Eugene V., Kuhn, Jens H., Johnson, Welkin, Blomberg, Jonas, Coffin, John, Fan, Hung, Gifford, Robert, Lindemann, Dirk, Mayer, Jens, Stoye, Jonathan, Tristem, Michael, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Dasgupta, Idranil, Geering, Andrew, Hull, Roger, Kreuze, Jan F., Lockhart, Ben, Muller, Emmanuelle, Olszewski, Neil, Pappu, Hanu, Pooggin, Mikhail, Richert-Pöggeler, Katja, Schoelz, James E., Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Stavolone, Livia (2017) Creation of new order, Ortervirales, for 5 families of reverse-transcribing viruses. Technical Report. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). (doi:https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24914.04804)

Reverse-transcribing viruses; The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

Krupovic, Mart, Blomberg, Jonas, Coffin, John M., Dasgupta, Indranil, Fan, Hung, Geering, Andrew D., Gifford, Robert, Harrach, Balázs, Hull, Roger, Johnson, Welkin, Kreuze, Jan F., Lindemann, Dirk, Llorens, Carlos, Lockhart, Ben, Mayer, Jens, Muller, Emmanuelle, Olszewski, Neil, Pappu, Hanu R., Pooggin, Mikhail, Richert-Pöggeler, Katja R., Sabanadzovic, Sead, Sanfaçon, Hélène, Schoelz, James E., Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Stavolone, Livia, Stoye, Jonathan P., Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Tristem, Michael, Koonin, Eugene V. and Kuhn, Jens H. (2018) Ortervirales: A new viral order unifying five families of reverse-transcribing viruses. Journal of Virology, 92 (12). 00515-00518. ISSN 0022-538X (Print), 1098-5514 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00515-18)

Virus, Cassava, Cassava brown streak virus, Ugandan cassava brown streak virus, Cassava brown streak disease, Food security

Tomlinson, Katie R., Pablo-Rodriguez, José Luis, Bunawan, Hamidun, Nanyit, Sarah, Green, Patrick, Miller, Josie, Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Bailey, Andy M. and Foster, Gary D. (2019) Cassava brown streak virus Ham1 protein hydrolyses mutagenic nucleotides and is a necrosis determinant. Molecular Plant Pathology, 20 (8). pp. 1080-1092. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12813)

Virus, Cassava, Cassava brown streak virus, Ugandan cassava brown streak virus, Infectious clones

Duff-Farrier, C. R. A., Mbanzibwa, D. R., Nanyiti, S., Bunawan, H., Pablo-Rodriguez, J. L., Tomlinson, K. R., James, A. M., Alicai, T., Seal, S. E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Bailey, A. M. and Foster, G. D. (2018) Strategies for the construction of cassava brown streak disease viral infectious clones. Molecular Biotechnology, 61 (2). pp. 93-101. ISSN 1073-6085 (Print), 1559-0305 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-018-0139-7)

Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, MtCO1, Genetic diversity, Host range, East Africa

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X , Alicai, Titus ORCID: 0000-0002-4489-3133 , Omongo, Christopher A., Kabaalu, Richard, Visendi, Paul ORCID: 0000-0001-7114-7710 , Sseruwagi, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-4128-0294 and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Genetic diversity of whitefly (Bemisia spp.) on crop and uncultivated plants in Uganda: implications for the control of this devastating pest species complex in Africa. Journal of Pest Science, 94 (4). pp. 1307-1330. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01355-6)

Yam, Dioscorea spp., Episomal badnavirus, Endogenous pararetrovirus, DNA extraction, Diagnostics, Rolling circle amplification, Badna-PCR

Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Turaki, Aliyu, Rathnayake, Ajith, Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Lava Kumar, P. and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2018) Rolling circle amplification to screen yam germplasm for badnavirus infections and to amplify and characterise novel badnavirus genomes. Bio-protocol, 8 (1). ISSN 2331-8325 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2672)

Yam; Dioscorea spp.; Dioscorea rotundata; Episomal badnavirus; Endogenous Dioscorea bacilliform virus; Complete genome; Recombination; Phylogeny; West Africa

Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Rathnayake, Ajith I., Visendi, Paul, Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2017) Complete genome sequence of a new member of the genus Badnavirus, Dioscorea bacilliform RT virus 3, reveals the first evidence of recombination in yam badnaviruses. Archives of Virology. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3605-9)

Yam; Recombinase polymerase amplification; Potyvirus; Isothermal amplification; Rapid diagnostics

Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Oyekanmi, Joshua, Nkere, Chukwuemeka K., Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Kumar, Lava P. and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2018) Rapid detection of potyviruses from crude plant extracts. Analytical Biochemistry, 546. pp. 17-22. ISSN 0003-2697 (Print), 1096-0309 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2018.01.019)

Yam; Dioscorea spp.; Virus; Ghana; Nigeria

Nkere, Chukwuemeka K., Otto, Emannuel, Atiri, Gabriel I., Onyeka, Joseph, Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Kumar, Lava P. (2020) Assessment of Yam mild mosaic virus coat protein gene sequence diversity reveals the prevalence of cosmopolitan and African group of isolates in Ghana and Nigeria. Current Plant Biology, 23:100156. ISSN 2214-6628 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2020.100156)

Yam; virus; diversity; diagnostic; impact; epidemiology; control

Diouf, Mame Boucar, Festus, Ruth, Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Guyader, Sébastien, Umber, Marie, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Teycheney, Pierre Yves (2022) Viruses of yams (Dioscorea spp.): current gaps in knowledge and future research directions to improve disease management. Viruses, 14 (9):1884. pp. 1-23. ISSN 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091884)

abundance; agro-ecological zone; common bean; Ootheca spp.; damage

Halerimana, Charles, Kayamanywa, Samuel, Olaboro, Samuel, Paparu, Pamela, Nakalubo, Stanley T., Colvin, John, Cheke, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Wagner, Thomas, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Kriticos, Darren J. and Otim, Michael H. (2021) Distribution and relative abundance of bean leaf beetles (Ootheca spp.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Uganda. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 12 (11):1048. pp. 1-12. ISSN 2075-4450 (Print), 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111048)

acquisition; begomovirus; coat proteins; SLCMV; TYLCV; transmission; VAMP2; whiteflyacquisition; begomovirus; coat proteins; SLCMV; TYLCV; transmission; VAMP2; whitefly

Fan, Yun yun, Zhong, Yu-Wei, Zhao, Jing, Chi, Yao, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Liu, Shu-Sheng, Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Wang, Xiao-Wei (2021) Bemisia tabaci vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 interacts with begomoviruses and plays a role in virus acquisition. Cells, 10 (7):1700. ISSN 2073-4409 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071700)

agro-ecological regions, Bemisia tabaci, host-plants, whitefly species, SSA3, Uganda

Namuddu, Annet, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Malka, Osnat, Kabaalu, Richard, Morin, Shai, Omongo, Christopher and Colvin, John (2023) Distribution of Bemisia tabaci in different agro-ecological regions in Uganda and the threat of vector-borne pandemics into new cassava growing areas. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:106810. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1068109)

badnavirus, Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata complex, endogenous pararetrovirus, phylogeny, yam

Umber, Marie, Filloux, Denis, Muller, Emmanuelle, Laboureau, Nathalie, Galzi, Serge, Roumagnac, Philippe, Iskra-Caruana, Marie-Line, Pavis, Claudie, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2014) The genome of African yam (Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata complex) hosts endogenous sequences from four distinct badnavirus species. Molecular Plant Pathology, 15 (8). pp. 790-801. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12137)

badnavirus; multiplex PCR; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); endogenous badnaviral elements; yam; Dioscorea spp.; West Africa

Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Turaki, Aliyu A., Nkere, Chukwuemeka K., Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2022) Homing in on endogenous badnaviral elements: development of multiplex PCR-DGGE for detection and rapid identification of badnavirus sequences in yam germplasm. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:846989. ISSN 1664-462X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.846989)

banana-streak-virus, cauliflower-mosaic-virus, tungro-associated viruses, bacilliform virus, viral sequences, dna viruses, retrotransposable elements, species demarcation, vector transmission; badnavirus

Bousalem, M., Douzery, E.J.P. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2008) Taxonomy, molecular phylogeny and evolution of plant reverse transcribing viruses (family Caulimoviridae) inferred from full-length genome and reverse transcriptase sequences. Archives of Virology, 153 (6). pp. 1085-1102. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-008-0095-9)

begomoviruses, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, virus-vector relationships, epidemiology

Chowda-Reddy, R.V., Kirankumar, M., Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Muniyappa, V., Valand, Girish B., Govindappa, M.R. and Colvin, John (2012) Bemisia tabaci phylogenetic groups in India and the relative transmission efficacy of Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus by an indigenous and an exotic population. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 235-248. ISSN 2095-3119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60008-2)

biological species; genome assembly; comparative genomics; phylogenomics; cladogenesis; transposons; endosymbiont; horizontal genes

Campbell, Lahcen, Nwezeobi, Joachim, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Kaweesi, Tadeo, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Swamy, Rekha, Namuddu, Annet, Maslen, Gareth L., Mugerwa, Habibu, Armean, Irina M., Haggerty, Leanne, Martin, Fergal J., Malka, Osnat, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Juravel, Ksenia, Morin, Shai, Stephens, Michael E., Muhindira, Paul Visendi, Kersey, Paul J., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Omongo, Christopher A., Navas-Castillo, Jesús, Fiallo-Olivé, Elvira, Mohammed, Ibrahim Umar, Wang, Hua-Ling, Onyeka, Joseph, Alicai, Titus and Colvin, John (2023) Comparative evolutionary analyses of eight whitefly Bemisia tabaci sensu lato genomes: cryptic species, agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors. BMC Genomics, 24:408. ISSN 1471-2164 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09474-3)

canna, potyvirus

Monger, W.A., Harju, V., Skelton, A., Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Mumford, R.A. (2007) Brief Report: Canna yellow streak virus: a new potyvirus associated with severe streaking symptoms in canna. Archives of Virology, 152 (8). pp. 1527-1530. ISSN 0304-8608 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-007-0977-2)

cassava brown streak disease, Euphorbia ringspot virus, ITPase

James, Amy M., Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Bailey, Andy M. ORCID: 0000-0002-7594-3703 and Foster, Gary D. ORCID: 0000-0002-1979-1397 (2021) Viral inosine triphosphatase: A mysterious enzyme with typical activity, but an atypical function. Molecular Plant Pathology, 22 (3). pp. 382-389. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13021)

cassava, cassava mosaic disease, Zanzibar, begomovirus

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, J., Briddon, R.W. and Bull, S.E. (2004) East African cassava mosaic Zanzibar virus – a recombinant begomovirus species with a mild phenotype. Archives of Virology, 149 (12). pp. 2365-2377. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-004-0380-1)

cassava; disease; aphids; cassava brown streak ipomoviruses; cassava brown streak disease; food security

Nanyiti, Sarah, Kabaalu, Richard, Alicai, Titus, Abidrabo, Phillip, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Bailey, A and Foster, Gary (2023) Detection of cassava brown streak ipomoviruses in aphids collected from cassava plants. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:1027842. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1027842)

crop yields, crop biotechnology

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Sangare, A. and Makinde, M. (2008) Crop biotechnology and biosafety. SCARDA Briefing Papers Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research and Development in Africa. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra, pp. 24-32. ISBN 978-9988-1-1063-4

disease, Begomovirus, cassava, Zanzibar

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Thresh, J.M. (2002) First report of a distinct begomovirus infecting cassava in Zanzibar. Plant Disease, 86 (2). p. 187. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.2.187A)

disease, Bemisia tabaci, India, tomato leaf curl virus

Banks, G.K., Colvin, J., Chowda, Reddy R.V., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Muniyappa, V., Venkatesh, H.M., Kiran Kumar, M., Padmaja, A.S., Beitia, F.J. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2001) First report of the Bemisia tabaci B biotype in India and an associated tomato leaf curl virus disease epidemic. Plant Disease, 85 (2). p. 231. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2001.85.2.231C)

endogenous pararetroviral sequences (EPRVs), pararetroviruses, yam (Dioscorea spp.) badnaviruses, management of diseases, safe movement, taxonomy, diagnosis

Bousalem, Mustapha, Durand, O., Scarcelli, N., Lebas, B.S.M., Kenyon, L., Marchand, J.-L., Lefort, F. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2009) Dilemmas caused by endogenous pararetroviruses regarding the taxonomy and diagnosis of yam (Dioscorea spp.) badnaviruses: Analyses to support safe germplasm movement. Archives of Virology, 154 (2). pp. 297-314. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-009-0311-2)

genetic differentiation; leaf beetle; mitochondrial DNA; microsatellites; haplotype; gene flow; genetic variation

Kanyesigye, Dalton, Pius Alibu, Vincent, Tek Tay, Wee, Nalela, Polycarp, Paparu, Pamela, Olaboro, Samuel, Tamusange Nkalubo, Stanley, Siraj Kayondo, Ismail, Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Hilary Otim, Michael (2022) Population genetic structure of the bean leaf beetle Ootheca mutabilis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Uganda. Insects, 13 (6):543. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13060543)

lysine, bemisia tabaci, whitefly, horizontally acquired genes

Bao, Xi-Yu, Yan, Jin-Yang, Ya-Lin Yao, Ya-Lin Yao, Yan-Bin Wang, Yan-Bin Wang, Visendi, Paull, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Luan, Jun-Bo (2021) Lysine provisioning by horizontally acquired genes promotes mutual dependence between whitefly and two intracellular symbionts. PLoS Pathogens, 17 (11):e1010120. ISSN 1553-7366 (Print), 1553-7374 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010120)

mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene, Bemisia tabaci, cassava, sweet potato, weed

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, John, Gibson, Gabriella, Thwaites, Richard M., Banks, Gina K. and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2004) Reproductive incompatibility and cytochrome oxidase I gene sequence variability amongst host-adapted and geographically separate Bemisia tabaci populations (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Systematic Entomology, 29 (4). pp. 560-568. ISSN 0307-6970 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00272.x)

molecular evolution, detoxification, positive selection, sap-feeding insect, species complex, glutathione S-transferase

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Harari, Ofer Aidlin, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Musseri, Mirit, Moshitzky, Pnina, Patel, Mitulkumar, Visendi, Paul, Sertchook, Rotem, Malka, Osnat and Morin, Shai (2020) Molecular evolution of the glutathione S-transferase family in the Bemisia tabaci species complex. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (2). pp. 3857-3872. ISSN 1759-6653 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa002)

plant virus, infectious clone, biosafety level, containment, GMO

Brewer, Helen C., Hird, Diane L., Bailey, Andy M., Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Foster, Gary D. (2018) A guide to the contained use of plant virus infectious clones. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 16 (4). pp. 832-843. ISSN 1467-7644 (Print), 1467-7652 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12876)

potyvirus, PVY, ZYMV, BYMV, Iraq, molecular diversity

Al-Kuwaiti, N.A., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2016) Molecular characterization of potyviruses infecting potato and vegetables in Iraq. Journal of Plant Pathology: An International Journal of the Italian Phytopathological Society, 98 (3). ISSN 1125-4653 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4454/JPP.V98I3.029)

quality control; Illumina adapters; transcriptome assembly; Trimmomatic; trinity; Busco; Fastqc; Quast

Sewe, Steven, Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Sicat, Juan Paolo, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muhindira, Paul Visendi (2022) Trimming and validation of Illumina short reads using Trimmomatic, trinity assembly, and assessment of RNA-Seq Data. In: Edwards, David, (ed.) Plant Bioinformatics. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer Protocols, 2443 . Humana Press - Springer Nature, New York, United States, pp. 211-232. ISBN 978-1071620663 ; 978-1071620670 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2067-0_11)

swollen shoot virus, bacilliform virus, alata, expression, dna

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muller, Emanuelle (2007) Molecular analysis of a full-length sequence of a new yam badnavirus from Dioscorea sansibarensis. Archives of Virology, 152 (4). pp. 819-825. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-006-0888-7)

taxonomy, ICTV report and caulimoviridae

Teycheney, Pierre-Yves, Geering, Andrew D.W., Dasgupta, Idranil, Hull, Roger, Kreuze, Jan F., Lockhart, Ben, Muller, Emmanuelle, Olszewski, Neil, Pappu, Hanu, Pooggin, Mikhail M., Richert-Pöggeler, Katja R., Schoelz, James E., Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Stavolone, Livia and Umber, Marie (2020) ICTV virus taxonomy profile: caulimoviridae. Journal of General Virology, 101 (10). pp. 1025-1026. ISSN 0022-1317 (Print), 1465-2099 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001497)

transposable elements; whitefly; bioinformatics; Bemisia tabaci; DNA transposons; TE annotation

Sicat, Juan Paolo A., Visendi, Paul, Sewe, Steven, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2022) Characterization of transposable elements within the Bemisia tabaci species complex. Mobile DNA, 13 (12). ISSN 1759-8753 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00270-6)

tungro-bacilliform virus, yellow mottle virus, swollen shoot virus, mosaic-virus, nucleotide-sequence, banana, genome, alata, diversity, rice

Kenyon, Lawrence, Lebas, B.S.M. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2008) Yams (Dioscorea spp.) from the South Pacific Islands contain many novel badnaviruses: Implications for international movement of yam germplasm. Archives of Virology, 153 (5). pp. 877-889. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-008-0062-5)

whitefly; biological traits; superabundance; management implications

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Sseruwagi, Peter, Colvin, John and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Is high whitefly abundance on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa driven by biological traits of a specific, cryptic Bemisia tabaci species? Insects, 12 (3):260. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030260)

yam, dioscorea spp., YMV, recombinase polymerase amplification, diagnosis

Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Nkere, Chukwuemeka, Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2015) Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification. Journal of Virological Methods, 222. pp. 138-144. ISSN 0166-0934 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.06.011)

yam; Dioscorea spp.; badnavirus; endogenous pararetrovirus; episomal badnavirus; diagnostics; rolling circle amplification; Sub-Saharan Africa

Bömer, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-9622 , Turaki, Aliyu A., Silva, Gonçalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 , Kumar, P. Lava and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2016) A sequence-independent strategy for amplification and characterisation of episomal badnavirus sequences reveals three previously uncharacterised yam badnaviruses. Viruses, 8:188. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1999-4915 (Print), 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/v8070188)

yam; seed systems; Yam mosaic virus; virus diagnostics; isothermal amplification; RT-LAMP; West Africa

Festus, Ruth, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Prempeh, Ruth, Quain, Marian D. and Silva, Goncalo ORCID: 0000-0001-5544-2947 (2023) Improved Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) for the rapid and sensitive detection of Yam mosaic virus. Viruses, 15 (7):1592. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1999-4915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/v15071592)

yellow-dwarf-virus, cassava mosaic-virus, myzus-persicae homoptera, leaf curl virus, whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses, performance, liquid-chromatography, rhopalosiphum-padi homoptera, tabaci gennadius hemiptera, life-history traits, spotted wilt virus

Colvin, John, Omongo, C.A., Govindappa, M.R., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Gibson, Gabriella, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muniyappa, V. (2006) Host-plant viral infection effects on arthropod-vector population growth, development and behaviour: management and epidemiological implications. In: Maramorosch, Karl, Shatkin, Aaron J. and Thresh, J.M., (eds.) Plant Virus Epidemiology. Advances in Virus Research, 67 . Academic Press / Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 419-452. ISBN 978-0-12-039866-9 (ISBN-13) 0-12-039866-4 (ISBN-10) ISSN 0065-3527 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3527(06)67011-5 (for book section))