Project
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Insect- Transmitted Viruses
Details
Project Code:
Not Available
Start Date:
2004
End Date:
2009
CRSP Phase:
Phase 3
Budget:
$520,000
Countries:
Global
Participants
Lead University:
Virginia Tech
Other Partners:
University of Arizona; University of California-Davis; North Carolina State University; Washington State University (US); University of West Indies (Jamaica); IITA (Nigeria); AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center (Tanzania)
Principal Investigator(s):
Sue A. Tolin
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Judy Brown; C.M. Deom; Naidu Rayapati; Don Mullins
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Overview
This project involved an inventory of viruses of vegetable crops in host countries; an assessment and improvement of diagnostic capabilities in host countries; and application of the diagnostics to viruses and vectors in host country vegetable systems.
Objectives
Support research on major viral diseases of plants in order to obtain correct diagnosis and develop effective pest management
Outcomes
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