Exploiting the Combination of Natural and Genetically Engineered Resistance to Cassava Mosaic and Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Impacting Cassava Production in Africa

Hervé Vanderschuren; Isabel Moreno; Ravi B. Anjanappa; Ima M. Zainuddin; Wilhelm Gruissem

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045277

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Exploiting the Combination of Natural and Genetically Engineered Resistance to Cassava Mosaic and Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Impacting Cassava Production in Africa

Hervé Vanderschuren ,

* E-mail: hvanderschuren@ethz.ch

Affiliation Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Isabel Moreno,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Ravi B. Anjanappa,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Ima M. Zainuddin,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Wilhelm Gruissem

Affiliation Department of Biology, Plant Biotechnology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Exploiting the Combination of Natural and Genetically Engineered Resistance to Cassava Mosaic and Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Impacting Cassava Production in Africa

Hervé Vanderschuren,
Isabel Moreno,
Ravi B. Anjanappa,
Ima M. Zainuddin,
Wilhelm Gruissem

Published: September 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045277

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