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    Abundance, diversity and geographic distribution of cassava mosaic disease pandemic-associated Bemisia tabaci in Tanzania

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    Tajebe, L.
    Boni, S.B.
    Guastella, D.
    Cavalieri, V.
    Lund, O.
    Rugumamu, C.P.
    Rapisarda, C.
    Legg, J.P.
    Date
    2015-09
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review status
    Peer Review
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    Limited Access
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    Tajebe, L.S., Boni, S.B., Guastella, D., Cavalieri, V., Lund, O.S., Rugumamu, C.P., ... & Legg, J.P. (2015). Abundance, diversity and geographic distribution of cassava mosaic disease pandemic‐associated Bemisia tabaci in Tanzania. Journal of Applied Entomology, 139(8), 627-637.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76354
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12197
    Abstract/Description
    Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), one of the most economically important agricultural pests worldwide, is the vector of cassava mosaic geminiviruses that cause cassava mosaic disease (CMD). In East and Central Africa, a severe CMD pandemic that spread from Uganda in the late 1980s still continues to devastate cassava crops. To assess the association of distinct B. tabaci genetic groups with the CMD pandemic, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences were analysed from whiteflies collected during surveys conducted from 2010 to 2013 in Tanzania. Four genetic groups – Sub-Saharan Africa 1 (SSA1), Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and East Africa 1, and a group of unknown whitefly species were identified. SSA1 comprised four subgroups: SSA1-SG1, SSA1-SG2, SSA1-SG1/2 and SSA1-SG3. SSA1-SG1 was confined to the pandemic-affected north-western parts of Tanzania whilst SSA1-SG2 and SSA1-SG3 were found in the central and eastern parts not yet affected by the pandemic. The CMD pandemic front was estimated to lie in Geita Region, north-western Tanzania, and to be spreading south-east at a rate of ca 26 km/year. The pandemic-associated B. tabaci SSA1-SG1 predominated up to 180 km ahead of the CMD front indicating that changes in whitefly population characteristics precede changes in disease characteristics.
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    Published online: 26 Dec 2014
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Roots, Tubers and Bananas
    AGROVOC Keywords
    CASSAVA; BEMISIA TABACI; ALEYRODIDAE; WHITEFLIES
    Subjects
    CASSAVA; PLANT DISEASES
    Countries
    TANZANIA; UGANDA
    Regions
    AFRICA; EAST AFRICA
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