Table 3 Detection rates of cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) in ‘recalcitrant samples across four West African countries.

From: Improving the diagnosis of cassava mosaic begomoviruses using Oxford Nanopore Technology sequencing

Country

Viruses detected in ‘recalcitrant’ samples

ACMV

EACMV

ACMV + EACMV

Negative

Nigeria (50 samples)

58%

2%

38%

2%

Côte d’Ivoire (80 samples)

12.5%

6.25%

66.25%

15%

Ghana (110 samples)

0%

0.9%

98.2%

0.9%

Burkina Faso (36 samples)

89%

0

0

11%

  1. This table summarises the detection rates of ACMV and EACMV in symptomatic cassava samples that first tested negative with conventional PCR and were subsequently analysed using Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT).
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