Surveillance and molecular characterization of banana viruses associated with Musa germplasm in Malawi

Johnny Isaac Gregorio Masangwa; Nuria Fontdevila Pareta; Philemon Moses; Eva Hřibová; Jaroslav Doležel; Isaac Fandika; Sebastien Massart

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306671

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Surveillance and molecular characterization of banana viruses associated with Musa germplasm in Malawi

Johnny Isaac Gregorio Masangwa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: masangwajohnny@gmail.com

Affiliations Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium, Department of Agricultural Research Services, Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station, Thyolo, Malawi

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8974-3219

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Nuria Fontdevila Pareta,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland

Affiliation Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5694-3727

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Philemon Moses,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Health, Agriculture and Development Research and Consulting, Blantyre, Malawi
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Eva Hřibová,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Jaroslav Doležel,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czech Republic

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6263-0492

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Isaac Fandika,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Agricultural Research Services, Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station, Thyolo, Malawi, Department of Agricultural Research Services, Kasinthula Agricultural Research Station, Chikwawa, Malawi
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Sebastien Massart

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium
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Surveillance and molecular characterization of banana viruses associated with Musa germplasm in Malawi

Johnny Isaac Gregorio Masangwa,
Nuria Fontdevila Pareta,
Philemon Moses,
Eva Hřibová,
Jaroslav Doležel,
Isaac Fandika,
Sebastien Massart

Published: January 29, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306671

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