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Biology of Cicadulina leafhoppers and epidemiology of maize streak virus disease in West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: NilsaA. Bosque-Pérez --- Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, USA I.W. Buddenhagen --- Department of Agronomy and Range Science, USAStudies have been conducted in Nigeria on biology of Cicadulina leafhopper vectors of maize streak virus (MSV), the role of indigenous grasses as reservoirs of virus and vectors, and on incidence and severity of MSV in relation to maize varietal... -
Historical overview of breeding for durable resistance to maize streak virus for tropical Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: I.W. Buddenhagen --- Department of Agronomy and Range Science, USA NilsaA. Bosque-Perez --- Department of Plant, USAMaize streak virus (MSV) was first studied by Storey in Kenya in the 1920s and resistance transferred into East African maize in the 1960's. Yet the majority of farmers of East Africa are still growing streak-susceptible maize. At the International...