Population diversity of cassava mosaic begomoviruses increases over the course of serial vegetative propagation
C. D. Aimone, E. Lavington, J. S. Hoyer, D. O. Deppong, L. Mickelson-Young, A. Jacobson, G. G. Kennedy, I. Carbone, L. Hanley-Bowdoin, S. Duffy
This study shows that vegetative propagation increases viral diversity in cassava mosaic begomoviruses over time, while temperature and satellite DNA have minimal impact.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2021Plant Biology