Africa, cassava, food security, virus disease, whiteflies, road map, strategic plan

Legg, James, Somado, Eklou Attiogbevi, Barker, Ian, Beach, Larry, Ceballos, Hernan, Cuellar, Willmer, Elkhoury, Warid, Gerling, Dan, Helsen, Jan, Hershey, Clair, Jarvis, Andy, Kulakow, Peter, Kumar, Lava, Lorenzen, Jim, Lynam, John, McMahon, Matthew, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Miano, Doug, Mtunda, Kiddo, Natwuruhunga, Pheneas, Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Pezo, Phemba, Terry, Eugene, Thiele, Graham, Thresh, Mike, Wadsworth, Jonathan, Walsh, Steve, Winter, Stephan, Tohme, Joe and Fauquet, Claude (2014) A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa. Food Security, 6 (2). pp. 231-248. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0340-x)

Bemisia tabaci; Cassava; Cassava brown streak disease; Disease spread; Virus transmission; Whitefly

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Jeremiah, Simon C., Mohammed, Ibrahim U. and Legg, James P. (2017) The role of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), and farmer practices in the spread of cassava brown streak ipomoviruses. Journal of Phytopathology. ISSN 0931-1785 (Print), 1439-0434 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12609)

Homoptera, Aleyrodidae, genetic diversity, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI)DNA, host races, ecology

Sseruwagi, P., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Rey, M.E.C., Brown, J.K. and Legg, J.P. (2006) Colonization of non-cassava plant species by cassava whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) in Uganda. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 119 (2). pp. 145-153. ISSN 0013-8703 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00402.x)

cassava mosaic virus, (CMD), East African cassava mosaic virus, (EACMV), cassava, production constraints, infection

Lava Kumar, P., Akinbade, S.A., Dixon, A.G.O., Mahungu, N.M., Mutunda, M.P., Kiala, D., Londa, L. and Legg, J.P. (2009) First report of the occurence of East African cassava mosaic virus-Uganda (EACMV-UG) in Angola. Plant Pathology, 58 (2). p. 402. ISSN 0032-0862 (Print), 1365-3059 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.02010.x)

cassava, brown streak virus, Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, crop loss, livelihoods, germplasm

Legg, James P. and Hillocks, Rory J. (2003) Cassava brown streak virus disease: Past, present and future. In: Proceedings of an International Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya, 27-30 October 2002. Natural Resources International Limited, Aylesford, UK. ISBN 0953927474

genetic diversity, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I DNA, whitefly

Sseruwagi, P., Legg, J.P., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Rey, M.E.C. and Brown, J.K. (2005) Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations and presence of the B biotype and a non-B biotype that can induce silverleaf symptoms in squash, in Uganda. Annals of Applied Biology, 147 (3). pp. 253-265. ISSN 0003-4746 (Print), 1744-7348 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00026.x)