Publications

Incidence of cassava mosaic disease and associated whitefly vectors in South West and North Central Nigeria: Data exploration

ABSTRACT: Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is one of the most economically important viral diseases of cassava, an important staple food for over 800 mil...

Survey of farmers’ knowledge of cassava mosaic disease and their preferences for cassava cultivars in three agro-ecological zones in Benin

Abstract Background: Cassava is an important crop in Africa that is widely cultivated for its starchy tuberous root, whichconstitutes a major source...

OCCURRENCE OF TOMATO LEAF CURL VIRUS ON CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta Crantz) IN TOGO

Kodjovi Atassé Dansou-kodjo1,2, Assion Sétu Mivedor1, Kossikouma Djodji Adjata1, Jérôme Duclercq2 , Emmanuelle Muller3 And Yawovi Mawuena Dieudonné Gumedzoe1

Background and Objective: Climate change forces insect vectors to adapt to plants that were not their natural hosts, and this contributes to the emer...

Phenotypic Evaluation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Genotypes to Cassava Mosaic Virus by Mechanical Methods of Transmission

Aims: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), subsistence crop in sub-Saharan Africa was threatened by cassava mosaic virus that caused a devastated dise...

First report of a tomato leaf curl virus (genus Begomovirus) on Corchorus olitorius in Togo

Atassé DANSOU-KODJO1,2* , Djodji Kossikouma ADJATA1, Assion Sétu MIVEDOR1, Jérôme DUCLERCQ2 , Emmanuelle MULLER3, Yawovi Mawuena Dieudonné GUMEDZOE1

Vegetables play a major role in the livelihood- of the poor rural Africans. Among major constraints to vegetable production worldwide, are diseases ca...

Impact Of Thermotherapy And Chlorothalonil On Plantlets Production Of Some Genotypes Of Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) Produce In Benin

ABSTRACT: Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a starchy root plant of great economic importance in sub-Saharan Africa and particularly in Benin. Its produc...

Spatial dynamics and hidden spread of banana bunchy top disease in Benin

Introduction: Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD), caused by the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) and transmitted by the aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa, po...

Unraveling the intra-species genomic diversity of sweetpotato-infecting CRESS-DNA and RNA viruses in Burkina Faso using Oxford Nanopore sequencing

Sweetpotato is a key crop for global food security, particularly in Burkina Faso, where its productivity is increasingly threatened by viral diseases...

Climatic, environmental factors and agricultural practices favoring dynamics of the spread of African cassava mosaic disease in Côte d’Ivoire

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), caused by begomoviruses, poses a major threat to cassava leading to huge yield losses. We analyzed climatic (temperatur...

Do Integrated CMD Management Practices Increase Cassava Yields? A Local Average Treatment Effect Analysis from Burkina Faso.

Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is a major constraint to cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso, where it poses a seriou...

Occurrence of Viruses Infecting Yams on Potential Alternative Hosts in Côte d'Ivoire

Yam is a crucial crop for food security and income in Côte d'Ivoire. However, its cultivation is threatened by various viral infections that lead to...

The Alarming Eastward Front of Cassava Mosaic Disease Reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone Reaches Western Côte d’Ivoire

Cassava mosaic begomoviruses are a major threat to cassava cultivation in Africa. The virulent Ugandan variant of the East African cassava mosaic vir...