Mixed Infections of Four Viruses, the Incidence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sweet Potato Chlorotic Fleck Virus (Betaflexiviridae) Isolates in Wild Species and Sweetpotatoes in Uganda and Evidence of Distinct Isolates in East Africa

Arthur K. Tugume; Settumba B. Mukasa; Jari P. T. Valkonen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167769

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Mixed Infections of Four Viruses, the Incidence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sweet Potato Chlorotic Fleck Virus (Betaflexiviridae) Isolates in Wild Species and Sweetpotatoes in Uganda and Evidence of Distinct Isolates in East Africa

Arthur K. Tugume ,

* E-mail: aktugume@cns.mak.ac.ug

Affiliations Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Settumba B. Mukasa,

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Production, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Jari P. T. Valkonen

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mixed Infections of Four Viruses, the Incidence and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sweet Potato Chlorotic Fleck Virus (Betaflexiviridae) Isolates in Wild Species and Sweetpotatoes in Uganda and Evidence of Distinct Isolates in East Africa

Arthur K. Tugume,
Settumba B. Mukasa,
Jari P. T. Valkonen

Published: December 22, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167769

About the Authors

Arthur K. Tugume

* E-mail: aktugume@cns.mak.ac.ug

Affiliations Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Settumba B. Mukasa

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Production, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Jari P. T. Valkonen

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AKT SBM JPTV. Data curation: AKT SBM. Formal analysis: AKT SBM. Funding acquisition: JPTV. Investigation: AKT SBM. Methodology: AKT SBM JPTV. Project administration: AKT SBM JPTV. Resources: AKT JPTV. Validation: AKT SBM JPTV. Visualization: AKT SBM JPTV. Writing – original draft: AKT JPTV.

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