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Successful application of FTA® Classic Card technology and use of bacteriophage 29 DNA polymerase for large-scale field sampling and cloning of complete maize streak virus genomes

Owor, Betty E.; Shepherd, Dionne N.; Taylor, Nigel J.; Edema, Richard; Monjane, Adѐrito L.; Thomson, Jennifer A.; Martin, Darren P.; Varsani, Arvind (Elsevier, 2007)

Leaf samples from 155 maize streak virus (MSV)-infected maize plants were collected from 155 farmers’ fields in 23 districts in Uganda in May/June 2005 by leaf-pressing infected samples onto FTA® Classic Cards. Viral DNA ...

Population diversity of rice bacterial leaf blight isolates in Uganda

Habarurema, Innocent; Edema, Richard; Gibson, Paul; Lamo, Jimmy; Asea, Godfrey; Séré, Yacouba; Gasore, Elie R. (Pelagia Research Library, 2013)

The deployment of resistant cultivars is the best option to control bacterial leaf blight (BLB) and requires an understanding of the pathogen diversity. BLB caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae is a destructive disease ...