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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)

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

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))

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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)