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    • Characterization and detection of maize-associated pteridovirus (MaPV), infecting maize (Zea mays) in the Arusha region of Tanzania 

      Read, David; Featherston, Jonathan; Rees, David; Thompson, Genevieve; Roberts, Ronel; Flett, Bradley; Mashingaidze, Kingstone; Pietersen, Gerhard; Kiula, Barnabas; Kullaya, Alois; Mbega, Ernest (Springer Nature, 2019-03-01)
      Maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND) is currently threatening maize production in a large area of East Africa. Synergistic infections of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and members of the Potyviridae family are known ...
    • Diversity and distribution of Maize-associated totivirus strains from Tanzania. 

      Read, David; Featherston, Jonathan; Rees, David; Thompson, Genevieve; Roberts, Ronel; Flett, Bradley; Mashingaidze, Kingstone; Pietersen, Gerhard; Kiula, Barnabas; Kullaya, Alois; Mbega, Ernest (Springer, 2019-06-01)
      Typically associated with fungal species, members of the viral family Totiviridae have recently been shown to be associated with plants, including important crop species, such as Carica papaya (papaya) and Zea mays (maize). ...