Sweetpotato Knowledge Portal
SASHA Brief 2016: Improving Sweetpotato Virus Diagnostics
Virus infection, by a number of different types of viruses, is among the most important constraints of sweetpotato production globally and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Among the more than 30 described viruses infecting sweetpotato, Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and SPFMV are considered the most wide-spread and devastating, …
Read More »Presentation: Antisera production
This presentation elaborates the antisera production and downstream process to develop virus detection methods.
Read More »SP Virus synergism
This is a presentation on detecting virus infections on plants by examining their leaves. The data is supported by images of leaves infected with different viruses.
Read More »Expression of sweetpotato feathery mottle virus coat protein and production of specific anti-serum for diagnostic aspects
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) has a diverse range of positive characteristics including high yield per unit area, nutritional value, and resistance to several production stresses. However, diagnostics aspects for detection of sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) are not well understood. This paper documents such aspect via expression of SPFMV coat …
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