Research Article

The Symptom and Genetic Diversity of Cassava Brown Streak Viruses Infecting Cassava in East Africa

Table 2

Herbaceous hosts inoculated with CBSD isolates.

Species/varietyNumber of plants infected/ inoculated for each isolateTotal number of infected/ inoculated plants1 (%)
CBSUV-CBSV-
[UG:Kab4-3:07][KE:Mwa16-2:08][TZ:Kib10-2:03][TZ:Zan6-2:08][MZ:Nam1-1:07][TZ:Nal3-1:07]

Chenopodium quinoa 0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Cucurbita maxima0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Datura metel0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Datura stramonium4/102/102/103/109/104/1024/60 (40.0)
Solanum lycopersicum0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Ipomoea batatas0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Nicotiana benthamiana40/405/4040/4020/4040/4040/40185/240 (77.0)
Nicotiana clevelandii10/1010/1010/1010/1010/1010/1060/60 (100.0)
Nicotiana glutinosa20/4013/4023/4012/4037/4040/40145/240 (60.0)
Nicotiana hesperis0/100/100/100/100/100/100/60 (0.0)
Nicotiana tabacum nn19/2017/2020/2020/2020/2020/20116/120 (96.6)
Nicotiana tabacum NN10/1010/1010/107/109/1010/1056/60 (93.3)
Nicotiana rustica18/2017/2015/2020/2020/2020/20110/120 (91.7)

Total number of infected/inoculated plants2 (%)121/210 (57.6)74/210 (35.2)120/210 (57.1)92/210 (43.8)145/210 (69.0)144/210 (68.6)696/1260 (55.2)

1Number of infected plants for each cassava variety.
2Number of infected plants for each virus isolate.