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

Diouf, Mame Boucar, Festus, Ruth, Silva, Goncalo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5544-2947, Guyader, Sébastien, Umber, Marie, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/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:10.3390/v14091884)

plant rhabdovirus, high-throughput sequencing, data sharing, virus discovery, virus diversity

Botermans, Marleen, de Koning, P.P.M., Westenberg, M., Adams, I.P., Ben Mansour, K., Chabi-Jesus, C., de Krom, C., Dullemans, A.M., Festus, R., Fowkes, A.R., Fox, A., Freitas-Astúa, J., Hajizadeh, M., Hellin, P., Knierim, D., Krenz, B., Maclot, F., Malandraki, I., Maliogka, V.I., Margaria, P., Massart, S., Meekes, E.T.M., Menzel, W., Oplaat, C.G., Orfanidou, C., Ramos-González, P.L., Roenhorst, J.W., Ros, V.I.D, Seal, S. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562, Silva, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5544-2947, Silva dos Santos, G., Tzanetakis, I.E., van der Vlugt, R.A.A., van Gemert, J., Varveri, C., Verbeek, M., Winter, S. and Giesbers, A.K.J. (2026) Expanding insights into plant rhabdovirus diversity through the discovery of viruses representing 32 putative novel species. Archives of Virology, 171:156. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s00705-026-06609-1)

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

Festus, Ruth, Seal, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3952-1562, Prempeh, Ruth, Quain, Marian D. and Silva, Goncalo ORCID: https://orcid.org/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:10.3390/v15071592)