CROP CATEGORY
Sweet Potato
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is an important root crop that contributes to food and nutrition security for millions of people across Africa. WAVE RESEARCH focuses on strengthening sweet potato productivity and resilience through disease surveillance, improved varieties, and sustainable farming practices. Our work addresses key challenges such as viral diseases, emerging plant health threats, and climate-related stresses affecting sweet potato production.
Publications
Unraveling the intra-species genomic diversity of sweetpotato-infecting CRESS-DNA and RNA viruses in Burkina Faso using Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Pakyendou E. Name1,2, Ezechiel B. Tibiri1,2 , Fidèle Tiendrébéogo1,2,3*, Seydou Sawadogo1,2 , Florencia Djigma2, Lassina Traoré2, Angela O. Eni3 and Justin S. Pita3
Sweetpotato is a key crop for global food security, particularly in Burkina Faso, where its productivity is increasingly threatened by viral diseases, especially those caused by CRESS-DNA viruses. However, the diversit...
Molecular Identification of the Viruses Associated with Sweetpotato Diseases in Côte d’Ivoire
El Hadj Hussein Tapily 1,2, Justin S. Pita 1,2, William J.-L. Amoakon 2 Nazaire K. Kouassi 1,2 and Fidèle Tiendrébéogo 2,*
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a staple crop of strategic importance in West Africa, partic- ularly in Côte d’Ivoire. However, its productivity is increasingly under threat due to viral diseases. Given the lack of up...
Insights into Novel Viral Threats in Sweetpotato from Burkina Faso: Characterisation of Unexplored Pathogens
Pakyendou E. Name 1,2 Florencia Djigma 2 , Ezechiel B. Tibiri 1,2, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo 1,2,3,* , Lassina Traoré 2, Angela O. Eni 3 and Justin S. Pita 3 , Seydou Sawadogo 1,2
Sweetpotato is a key staple crop in tropical and subtropical regions. Its vegetative prop- agation makes it a persistent reservoir, facilitating the emergence and spread of complex infections. Understanding its virome...
Enhancing In Vitro Regeneration in Three Sweet Potato Genotypes: Interplay Between Disinfectant, Explant Age, and Genotype
El Hadj Hussein Tapily 1,2,*, Kan Modeste Kouassi 1,2,*, Marius Konan Kouassi 2, John Steven S. Seka 1,2 Fidèle Tiendrébéogo 2 and Justin S. Pita 1,2
Regenerating sweet potato from field-derived plant material requires careful management of several critical factors, including the effectiveness of the disinfectant, the age of the explant, and the genotype used. In th...
DETECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF VIRUSES INFECTING SWEET POTATO (Ipomoea batatas L. LAM.) AND THEIR ASSOCIATED VECTORS IN KEBBI AND KATSINA STATES, NIGERIA
1,2Musa, A., 2Alegbejo, M. D., 2Kashina, B. D., 1Jega, I. Y., 1Abubakar N. G. and 1Mohammed, I. U.
Sweet potato is a food security crop because of its ability to withstand adverse climatic conditions and provides sustainable food when other crops fail. This security, however, is being threaten by viral diseases. Surve...
Viruses Infecting Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) in Nigeria
Musa, A., 1, 2 Alegbejo, M. D., 2 Kashina, B. D., 2 Abraham, P.2, 3 and Mohammed, I. U.1
Sweet potato is the second most important root crop after cassava in Nigeria. Due to decline in Nigeria‘s economy in recent years, the production of sweet potato has significantly increased from 2.4 million metric tonnes...
Characterization and Distribution of Potyvirus Species Infecting Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Burkina Faso
Fidèle Tiendrébéogo1,2*, Ezechiel B Tibiri1,2, Koussao Somé2,3, James Bouma Neya1,2 and Nicolas Barro4
Virus species belonging to the genus Potyvirus are the most common viruses infecting sweet potato crop. Among these viruses, Sweet potato Feathery Mottle Virus (SPFMV) is the most damaging and widespread in the world. To...
Characterization of virus species associated with sweetpotato virus diseases in Burkina Faso
Ezechiel B. Tibiri1,2,3,4 | Justin S. Pita5 | Fidèle Tiendrébéogo1,3 | Martine Bangratz3,6 | James B. Néya1,3 | Christophe Brugidou3,6 | Koussao Somé2,3 | Nicolas Barro4
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) production in sub-Saharan Africa is severely affected by viral diseases caused by several interacting viruses, including sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), sweet potato chlorotic...
Effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus, sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus and their co- infection on sweet potato yield in Western Burkina Faso
E. B. Tibiri, K. Somé*, J. S. Pita, F. Tiendrébéogo, M. Bangratz, J. B. Néya, C. Brugidou, N. Barro
To determine the effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and their co-infection on sweet potato yield, twelve sweet potato varieties were assessed in a hotspot...
Molecular and Biological Features of Sweet Potato Leaf Curl Virus in Burkina Faso
Ezechiel Bionimian Tibiri1,2,3,4, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo1,3*, Justin Simon Pita5, Koussao Somé2,3, Martine Bangratz3,6 , James Bouma Néya1,3, Christophe Brugidou3,6 and Nicolas Barro4
Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) that infect sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) are known as sweepoviruses and are a major constraint to sweetpotato production. To date, the known distribution of sweepo...
ACTA SCIENTIFIC MICROBIOLOGY (ISSN: 2581-3226) Molecular and Biological Features of Sweet Potato Leaf Curl Virus in Burkina Faso
Ezechiel Bionimian Tibiri1,2,3,4, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo1,3*, Justin Simon Pita5, Koussao Somé2,3, Martine Bangratz3,6 , James Bouma Néya1,3, Christophe Brugidou3,6 and Nicolas Barro4
ses and are a major constraint to sweetpotato production. To date, the known distribution of sweepoviruses in Africa has been limited to Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania. Weeds can act as sources or reserv...
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Protocols
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Sweet Potato Virus Disease (SPVD) Diagnostic Protocol
Sweet Potato · 2024 · 16 p.
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Sweet Potato Weevil Monitoring Guide
Sweet Potato · 2023 · 9 p.
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Standard Biosecurity & Sampling Procedures
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 24 p.
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Plant Disease Epidemiology Annual Report 2024
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 48 p.
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Clean Seed Production Guidelines
General / Cross-Crop · 2024 · 32 p.