Africa, cassava, CBSVs, CMBs duplex and multiplex RT-PC

Abarshi, M.M., Mohammed, I.U., Jeremiah, S.C., Legg, J.P., Kumar, P. Lava, Hillocks, R.J. and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2011) Multiplex RT-PCR assays for the simultaneous detection of both RNA and DNA viruses infecting cassava and the common occurrence of mixed infections by two cassava brown streak viruses in East Africa. Journal of Virological Methods, 179 (1). pp. 176-184. ISSN 0166-0934 (doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.10.020)

Africa, cassava, disease, incidence, virus diversity

Mohammed, I.U., Abarshi, M.M., Muli, B., Hillocks, R.J. and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2012) The symptom and genetic diversity of cassava brown streak viruses infecting cassava in East Africa. Advances in Virology, 2012:795697. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1687-8639 (Print), 1687-8647 (Online) (doi:10.1155/2012/795697)

Africa, cassava, virus disease, resistance genes, transcriptional analysis, RNA-Seq

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-3243, Tufan, Hale A., Mohammed, Ibrahim U. and Hillocks, Rory J. (2014) Transcriptional response of virus-infected cassava and identification of putative sources of resistance for cassava brown streak disease. PLoS ONE, 9 (5):e96642. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096642)

Africa, staple food, cassava, viruses, transgenic resistance

Patil, Basavaprabu L., Ogwok, Emmanuel, Wagaba, Henry, Mohammed, Ibrahim U., Yadav, Jitender S., Bagewadi, Basavaraj, Taylor, Nigel J., Kreuze, Jan F., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Alicai, Titus and Fauquet, Claude M. (2010) RNAi-mediated resistance to diverse isolates belonging to two virus species involved in Cassava brown streak disease. Molecular Plant Pathology, 12 (1). pp. 31-41. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00650.x)

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

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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:10.1111/jph.12609)

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: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562 and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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:10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.10.023)

Cassava, CBSD, Resistance, Reversion

Mohammed, I. U., Ghosh, Saptarshi and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2015) Host and virus effects on reversion in cassava affected by cassava brown streak disease. Plant Pathology, 65 (4). pp. 593-600. ISSN 0032-0862 (Print), 1365-3059 (Online) (doi:10.1111/ppa.12458)

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

Campbell, Lahcen, Nwezeobi, Joachim, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9463, Kaweesi, Tadeo, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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:10.1186/s12864-023-09474-3)

genetic diversity, virus isolates, cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, eastern Africa

Mohammed, I.U., Abarshi, M.M., Muli, B., Hillocks, R.J. and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2012) The symptom and genetic diversity of cassava brown streak viruses infecting cassava in East Africa. Advances in Virology, 2012. ISSN 1687-8639 (Print), 1687-8647 (Online) (doi:10.1155/2012/795697)