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First Report of Outbreaks of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a New Alien Invasive Pest in West and Central Africa by Goergen, Georg, Kumar, P Lava, Sankung, Sagnia B, Togola, Abou, Tamò, Manuele

“…The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a prime noctuid pest of maize on the American continents where it has remained confined despite occasional…”
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Application of CRISPR/Cas for Diagnosis and Management of Viral Diseases of Banana by Tripathi, Leena, Ntui, Valentine Otang, Tripathi, Jaindra Nath, Kumar, P Lava

“…Viral diseases are significant biotic constraints for banana ( spp.) production as they affect the yield and limit the international movement of germplasm…”
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Rapid detection of potyviruses from crude plant extracts by Silva, Gonçalo, Oyekanmi, Joshua, Nkere, Chukwuemeka K., Bömer, Moritz, Kumar, P. Lava, Seal, Susan E.

“…Potyviruses (genus Potyvirus; family Potyviridae) are widely distributed and represent one of the most economically important genera of plant viruses…”
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Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification by Silva, Gonçalo, Bömer, Moritz, Nkere, Chukwuemeka, Lava Kumar, P., Seal, Susan E.

“…•RT-RPA test for specific detection of YMV detects as low as 14pg/μl of viral RNA.•First RT-RPA test for a root and tuber crop virus.•RT-RPA is more suitable…”
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Author Correction: Serological and RT-PCR evaluation of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich) Harms) accessions to viral resistance under field condition by Jeffrey, Ihenacho, Kehinde, Iyabode, Ayo-John, Emily, Bankole, Paul, Abberton, Michael, Kumar, P. Lava, Adegboyega, Taofeek, Oyatomi, Olaniyi

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Serological and RT-PCR evaluation of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich) Harms) accessions to viral resistance under field condition by Jeffrey, Ihenacho, Kehinde, Iyabode, Ayo-John, Emily, Bankole, Paul, Abberton, Michael, Kumar, P. Lava, Adegboyega, Taofeek, Oyatomi, Olaniyi

“…African yam bean (AYB) ( Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) harms) an underutilized legume that produces nutritionally healthy seeds and tubers in…”
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Potential of Cameroonian isolates of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae for the biocontrol of the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa, vector of banana bunchy top virus by Enoh, Aime Cheoh, Akoachere, Jane-Francis, Fossi, Tatsinkou Bertrand, Membang, Gertrude, Ngatat, Sergine, Fotso Kuate, Apollin, Hanna, Rachid, Kumar, P. Lava, Fiaboe, Komi K. Mokpokpo

“…Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin are entomopathogenic fungi commonly used in microbial control of…”
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Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN), an Emerging Threat to Maize-Based Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mahuku, George, Lockhart, Benham E, Wanjala, Bramwel, Jones, Mark W, Kimunye, Janet Njeri, Stewart, Lucy R, Cassone, Bryan J, Sevgan, Subramanian, Nyasani, Johnson O, Kusia, Elizabeth, Kumar, P Lava, Niblett, C L, Kiggundu, Andrew, Asea, Godfrey, Pappu, Hanu R, Wangai, Anne, Prasanna, Boddupalli M, Redinbaugh, Margaret G

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, maize is a staple food and key determinant of food security for smallholder farming communities. Pest and disease outbreaks are key…”
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Cassava virus diseases: biology, epidemiology, and management by Legg, James P, Lava Kumar, P, Makeshkumar, T, Tripathi, Leena, Ferguson, Morag, Kanju, Edward, Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Cuellar, Wilmer

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) is the most important vegetatively propagated food staple in Africa and a prominent industrial crop in Latin America and…”
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New technologies provide innovative opportunities to enhance understanding of major virus diseases threatening global food security by Kreuze, Jan, Cuellar, Wilmer, Kumar, Lava, Prasanna, B M, Omondi, Aman

“…Plant viruses pose a continuous and serious threat to crop production worldwide, while globalization and climate change are exacerbating the establishment and…”
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Terminal drought-tolerant pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] have high leaf ABA and limit transpiration at high vapour pressure deficit by Kholová, Jana, Hash, C. T., Kumar, P. Lava, Yadav, Rattan S., Kočová, Marie, Vadez, Vincent

“…It was previously shown that pearl millet genotypes carrying a terminal drought tolerance quantitative trait locus (QTL) had a lower transpiration rate (Tr; g…”
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Banana Mapping in Heterogenous Smallholder Farming Systems Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery and Machine Learning Models with Implications for Banana Bunchy Top Disease Surveillance by Alabi, Tunrayo R., Adewopo, Julius, Duke, Ojo Patrick, Kumar, P. Lava

“…Banana (and plantain, Musa spp.), in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is predominantly grown as a mixed crop by smallholder farmers in backyards and small farmlands,…”
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Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus: a legume‐infecting Emaravirus from South Asia by Patil, Basavaprabhu L, Kumar, P. Lava

“…Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus (PPSMV), a species of the genus Emaravirus, is the causal agent of sterility mosaic disease (SMD) of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan…”
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Comparing the regional epidemiology of the cassava mosaic and cassava brown streak virus pandemics in Africa by Legg, J.P., Jeremiah, S.C., Obiero, H.M., Maruthi, M.N., Ndyetabula, I., Okao-Okuja, G., Bouwmeester, H., Bigirimana, S., Tata-Hangy, W., Gashaka, G., Mkamilo, G., Alicai, T., Lava Kumar, P.

“…► Cassava mosaic and cassava brown streak diseases constrain cassava production. ► CMD and CBSD are spreading as pandemics in East and Central Africa. ►…”
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DIC Challenge: Developing Images and Guidelines for Evaluating Accuracy and Resolution of 2D Analyses by Reu, P. L., Toussaint, E., Jones, E., Bruck, H. A., Iadicola, M., Balcaen, R., Turner, D. Z., Siebert, T., Lava, P., Simonsen, M.

“…With the rapid spread in use of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) globally, it is important there be some standard methods of verifying and validating DIC codes…”
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Effect of DIC Spatial Resolution, Noise and Interpolation Error on Identification Results with the VFM by Rossi, M., Lava, P., Pierron, F., Debruyne, D., Sasso, M.

“…The use of experimental tests that involve full‐field measurements to characterize mechanical material properties is becoming more widespread within the…”
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Stereo-DIC Uncertainty Quantification based on Simulated Images by Balcaen, R., Reu, P.L., Lava, P., Debruyne, D.

“…Stereo digital image correlation (stereo-DIC) is in wide-spread use for full-field shape, motion and deformation-measurements. However there are very few…”
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A newly emerging alphasatellite affects banana bunchy top virus replication, transcription, siRNA production and transmission by aphids by Guyot, Valentin, Rajeswaran, Rajendran, Chu, Huong Cam, Karthikeyan, Chockalingam, Laboureau, Nathalie, Galzi, Serge, Mukwa, Lyna F T, Krupovic, Mart, Kumar, P Lava, Iskra-Caruana, Marie-Line, Pooggin, Mikhail M

“…Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is a six-component ssDNA virus (genus Babuvirus, family Nanoviridae) transmitted by aphids, infecting monocots (mainly species…”
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Biology, etiology, and control of virus diseases of banana and plantain by Kumar, P Lava, Selvarajan, Ramasamy, Iskra-Caruana, Marie-Line, Chabannes, Matthieu, Hanna, Rachid

“…Banana and plantain (Musa spp.), produced in 10.3 million ha in the tropics, are among the world's top 10 food crops. They are vegetatively propagated using…”
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An EST-SSR based genetic linkage map and identification of QTLs for anthracnose disease resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) by Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Nwadili, Christian O, Saski, Christopher A, Paterne, Agre, Scheffler, Brian E, Augusto, Joao, Lopez-Montes, Antonio, Onyeka, Joseph T, Kumar, P Lava, Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is one of the most important food yams with wide geographical distribution in the tropics. One of the major constraints to water…”
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