Banana; Sri Lanka; BBTV; Polymerase; C hain reaction; Sequence; Phylogenetic tree

Wickramaarachchi, W. A. R. T., Shankarappa, K. S., Rangaswamy, K. T., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Rajapakse, R. G. A. S. and Ghosh, Saptarshi (2016) Molecular characterization of banana bunchy top virus isolate from Sri Lanka and its genetic relationship with other isolates. VirusDisease, 27 (2). pp. 154-160. ISSN 2347-3584 (Print), 2347-3517 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s13337-016-0311-2)

Bemisia tabaci; cassava; whitefly management; plant virus; pest management;

Ghosh, Saptarshi (2016) Diversity and role of bacterial endosymbionts infecting the cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Sub-Saharan Africa. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.

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)

Genetic diversity; Endosymbiotic bacteria; Cassava whiteflies; Africa

Ghosh, Saptarshi, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-3243 and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X (2015) Prevalence and genetic diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria infecting cassava whiteflies in Africa. BMC Microbiology, 15 (1):93. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1471-2180 (Print), 1471-2180 (Online) (doi:10.1186/s12866-015-0425-5)

cassava, ecology, natural enemies, climate change, cultivars

Macfadyen, Sarina, Paull, Cate, Boykin, Laura M., De Barro, Paul, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Ghosh, Saptarshi, Otim, Michael, Kalyebi, Andrew, Vassão, Daniel G., Sseruwagi, Peter, Tay, Wee Tek, Delatte, Helen, Seguni, Zuberi, Colvin, John and Omongo, Christopher Abu (2018) Cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in sub-Saharan African farming landscapes: a review of the factors determining abundance. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 108 (5). pp. 65-582. ISSN 0007-4853 (Print), 1475-2670 (Online) (doi:10.1017/S0007485318000032)