Gyamera, E.A., Domfeh, O., & Ameyaw, G.A. 2023 Cacao Swollen Shoot Viruses in Ghana. Plant Disease doi.org/10.1094.PDIS-10-22-2412-FE

Keywords:

  • virus
  • virus transmission
  • Notes: At least six cacao-infecting Badnavirus species are responsible for the swollen shoot disease of cacao in Ghana. The New Juaben strain, the most virulent cacao swollen shoot virus strain in Ghana, belongs to the Cacao swollen shoot Togo B virus species, and is a commonly used strain in laboratory transmission assays.