Rivers and landscape ecology of a plant virus, Rice yellow mottle virus along the Niger Valley.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the spread of Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) along the Niger River, regular sampling of virus isolates was conducted along 500 km of the Niger Valley in the Republic of Niger and was complemented by additional sampling in neighbouring countries in West Africa and Central Africa. The spread of RYMV into and within the Republic of Niger was inferred as a continuous process using a Bayesian statistical framework applied previously to reconstruct its dispersal history in West Africa, East Africa, and Madagascar. The spatial resolution along this section of the Niger River was the highest implemented for RYMV and possibly for any plant virus. We benefited from the results of early field surveys of the disease for the validation of the phylogeographic reconstruction and fr

SUBMITTER: Issaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9927878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature