This research presents VirusDetect, a bioinformatics pipeline that can efficiently analyse large-scale small RNA data sets for both known and novel virus identification.
Published by: Virology, Year: 2017, Pages: 9, File type: External link (1,272 KB)
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This study analyses the effect of grasses in reversing the process of land degradation using a systematic review.
Published by: Solid Earth, Year: 2017, Pages: 17, File type: External link (4 MB)
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This study conducted a meta-analysis of 59 sorghum and millet ROR estimates obtained from 25 sources published between 1958 and 2015.
Published by: PLOS One, Year: 2017, Pages: 17, File type: External link (1.8 MB)
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In this study, the molecular diversity of partial reverse transcriptase (RT)-ribonuclease H (RNaseH) sequences from yam badnaviruses was analysed using PCR-dependent denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Published by: Viruses, Year: 2017, Pages: 24, File type: External link (3.8 MB)
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In this study, a QTL study was conducted to identify molecular markers linked to resistance against cassava brown streak disease and cassava mosaic disease.
Published by: Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Year: 2017, Pages: 22, File type: External link (2 MB)
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Using a data set of cassava disease images taken in the field in Tanzania, this study applied transfer learning to train a deep convolutional neural network to identify three diseases and two types of pest damage.
Published by: Frontiers in Plant Science, Year: 2017, Pages: 7, File type: External link (2.2 MB)
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A time series transcriptome analysis of cassava varieties challenged with Ugandan cassava brown streak virus
This study involved a time-course transcriptome analysis of two cassava varieties that are either resistant or susceptible to cassava brown streak disease.
Published by: Scientific Reports, Year: 2017, Pages: 21, File type: PDF (3.7 MB)
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Complete genome sequence of a new member of the genus Badnavirus, Dioscorea bacilliform RT virus 3, reveals the first evidence of recombination in yam badnaviruses
In this article the first complete genome sequence of Dioscorea bacilliform RT virus 3 (DBRTV3) is described.
Published by: Archives of Virology, Year: 2017, Pages: 6, File type: External link (2.8 MB)
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Cavendish banana is under threat from a virulent fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4), for which no acceptable resistant replacement has been identified. This study reports the identification of transgenic Cavendish with resistance to TR4.
Published by: Nature Communications, Year: 2017, Pages: 8, File type: External link (2.1 MB)
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This paper aims to explain why the high quality cassava flour (HQCF) value chain in Nigeria has not performed as well as expected.
Published by: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Year: 2017, Pages: 24, File type: External link (436 KB)
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