Occurrence of the Uganda variant of East African cassava mosaic virus (EACMV-Ug0 in western Democratic Republic of Congo and the Congo Republic defines the westernmost extent of the CMD pandemic in East/Central Africa

摘要

Following reports of the occurrence of severe cassava mosaic virus disease (CMD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic, the possibility that the severe disease was caused by the Uganda variant of East African cassava mosaic virus (EACMV-Ug) (family Geminiviridae; genus Begomovirus), which causes unusually severe CMD symptoms, was investigated.