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Recombination, decreased host specificity and increased mobility may have driven the emergence of maize streak virus [1]

Maize streak virus (MSV; family Geminiviridae, genus Mastrevirus), the causal agent of maize streak disease, ranks amongst the most serious biological threats to food security in subSaharan Africa. Although five distinct MSV strains have been
currently described, only one of these

Publication Date: 
27/06/2008
Arvind Varsani [2], Dionne N. Shepherd [3], Adrito L. Monjane [4]
Journal of General Virology [5]
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Agricultural Research [6], Plant Diseases [7], Maize [8], Africa [9], Mozambique [10], Nigeria [11], Uganda [12], Zimbabwe [13]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dionne-n-shepherd
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/adrito-l-monjane
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mozambique
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nigeria
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uganda
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe