Cassava mosaic disease is a particularly severe problem in Africa and India. However, the virus is now also spreading through cassava fields in Southeast Asia.

The cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) is considered the most devastating disease of cassava in Africa. Annual yield loose on the continent amount to over 2.2 billion tonnes of storage root, at a cost ...

Two diseases, cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease, have become the largest constraints to cassava production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa resulting in losses of over ...

Cassava mosaic disease is caused by a family of closely related viruses. The virus hijacks cassava's DNA replication system, compromising its development and thus suppressing yield.

Cassava mosaic disease is a particularly severe problem in Africa and India. However, the virus is now also spreading through cassava fields in Southeast Asia.

Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is the more established threat and does most of the damage. But scientists are even more alarmed by an outbreak of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) - dubbed the ...

The plant was what she called a “2961,” meaning it was Variant No. 2961, the only local strain bred to resist cassava mosaic virus, a disease that caused a major African famine in the 1920s.

Cassava mosaic disease is a major problem to cassava growers in Rwanda. The disease is caused by a virus which is moved from a plant to plant by the feeding of small insects called whiteflies.

Two diseases, cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease, have become the largest constraints to cassava production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa resulting in losses of over ...

Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) is the more established threat and does most of the damage. But scientists are even more alarmed by an outbreak of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) - dubbed the ...

Cassava mosaic disease is caused by a family of closely related viruses. The virus hijacks cassava’s DNA replication system, compromising its development and thus suppressing yield.