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8 Sep 2019
Reports of 'Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus' causing #cassava mosaic disease, indicating the time lag between the collection date of diseased plants and the dates of the virus sequence-validated reports
#CMDinSEA #plantvirus @CIAT_ @RTB_CGIAR @OpenPlantPath @GCP21cassava @MyCIAT
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🔬 Nuestro investigador Wilmer Cuellar, líder del equipo de Protección de Cultivos de la Alianza, participará como expositor en una capacitación sobre la enfermedad escoba de bruja en yuca.
📅 8 de mayo
🕘 9:00 a.m.
👉 Inscríbete: allbiociat.org/4mKLwDa
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New Research: Genome analysis of Ceratobasidium theobromae and its causal association with cassava witches’ broom disease in the Philippines frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #FungalBiology
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New Research: Widespread occurrence of cassava torradovirus 2 and cassava frogskin associated oryzavirus characterized the 2020–2023 outbreak of severe cassava frogskin disease in the Orinoquia region of Colombia frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #Agronomy
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🌱 Webinar: Cassava Witches' Broom Disease in the Americas
Join us for a focused session on collaborative strategies to tackle CWBD—bringing together regional and international experts to strengthen early detection and coordinated responses.
👉 Register: allbiociat.org/3OGBl5t
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📰 #InTheMedia | 🌱 Alliance team — Jonathan Newby, Juan Manuel Pardo, Wilmer Cuéllar & Alejandra Gil-Ordoñez — solved the cassava witches’ broom mystery, identifying its genetic cause to protect food security. 🍠🌍✨
🔗 Read more in @ACIARAustralia.
allbiociat.org/4ppzr6Q
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29 Dec 2025
Virus-inducible activation of HR
confers broad-spectrum resistance to diverse viruses
in plants: bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.w…
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#URGENTE
Información importante sobre la presencia del hongo Foc R4T en finca bananera de El Oro.
@JuanCVegaEC @AgrocalidadEc
#ElNuevoEcuador
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18 Dec 2025
#ComunicadoOficial | Junto a @AgriculturaEc se confirma la presencia de #FocR4T en el Ecuador en la provincia de El Oro en el cantón Santa Rosa.
La corresponsabilidad y la articulación interinstitucional son fundamentales para proteger el mejor banano del mundo.
Conoce más ⤵️
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📰 #InTheMedia | Mongabay featured our work to stop cassava’s viral spread from Asia to the Amazon. 🍠🌳 How is it linked to climate change and the 800M people who depend on this crop? Find out here 👇
🔗 allbiociat.org/448ACyQ
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25 Nov 2025
Fungo vindo da Ásia destrói plantações de #mandioca da região Norte. Por causa do clima úmido da Amazônia, praga pode ser ainda mais devastadora do que no Sudeste Asiático. bit.ly/4i0jl0B
#engenhariaagronômica #vassouradebruxa
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🌍 Cassava Witches’ Broom Disease is spreading fast, threatening cassava and food security.
🔬 Join our webinar to learn how science is fighting back.
📅 Oct 28, 2025 | 🕗 8:00 a.m. Laos | 📍 Zoom
👉 Register now! allbiociat.org/4oolSUc
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16 Oct 2025
First Report of Hoja Blanca Viral Disease in Rice in Texas, USA | Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/1…
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26 Sep 2025
In the 2010s, a mysterious disease impacted cassava in SE Asia, threatening food security. 🌱
With #ACIAR support, researchers led by #CIAT identified the cause & developed tools to protect cassava crops & livelihoods.
Learn more: ow.ly/GMSk50X2xKf
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🌾👩🔬We held a field trip to Lao PDR's National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute as part of Science Week in Vientiane. 💡
🔬 Cassava disease diagnostics
🌱 Seed systems and rapid multiplication tunnels
🦠 Crop screening
🌾 Climate-smart conservation
🤝 Gene banks
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13 Jun 2025
New Research: An emerging Platynota sp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) infesting blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) in the central coast of Peru frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #InsectScience
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📢 Today, from Vientiane, Laos, we launch Science Week 2025! 🤝 Our annual event unites our scientists to share discoveries, discuss ambitions and renew our strategy. 🚀 Stay tuned as we share food for thought from discussions throughout the week! 🌱 #DreamBigForImpact
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24 May 2025
International Symposium on Tropical root and tuber crops will be held during 17-21 November 2025 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Please visit isrc.in/istrtc2025/
Registration and abstract submission started
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17 Jan 2025
In new studies published in "Scientific Reports and New Disease Reports", Dr. Wilmer Cuellar and his team from Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT have made strides in the fight against two of the most devastating diseases of Cassava, CFSD & CWBD
Source:
hubs.li/Q033188h0
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29 Nov 2024
On #frogskin disease 50-year anniversary we present our work on solving this mystery. Search no more, #torradoviruses explain the symptoms on #cassava roots in the Americas. I’m very happy for this achievement
@BiovIntCIAT_eng @USAID @CGIAR
@WJCuellar
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15 May 2024
This week the Cassava Crop Protection Team from @BiovIntCIAT_eng has been collaborating with FREDON French Guiana in the identification of #cassava diseases, as part of the recent phytosanitary alert in the region.
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