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Modeling Virus Coinfection to Inform Management of Maize Lethal Necrosis in Kenya.

Overview of attention for article published in Phytopathology, August 2017
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Title
Modeling Virus Coinfection to Inform Management of Maize Lethal Necrosis in Kenya.
Published in
Phytopathology, August 2017
DOI 10.1094/phyto-03-17-0080-fi
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Authors

Frank M Hilker, Linda J S Allen, Vrushali A Bokil, Cheryl J Briggs, Zhilan Feng, Karen A Garrett, Louis J Gross, Frédéric M Hamelin, Michael J Jeger, Carrie A Manore, Alison G Power, Margaret G Redinbaugh, Megan A Rúa, Nik J Cunniffe

Abstract

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) has emerged as a serious threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa. MLN is caused by coinfection with two viruses, maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and a potyvirus, often sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV). To better understand dynamics of MLN and to provide insight into disease management, we model the spread of the viruses causing MLN within and between growing seasons. The model allows for transmission via vectors, soil and seeds, as well as exogenous sources of infection. Following model parameterisation, we predict how management affects disease prevalence and crop performance over multiple seasons. Resource-rich farmers with large holdings can achieve good control by combining clean seed and insect control. Crop rotation is often required to effect full control, however. Resource-poor farmers with smaller holdings must rely on rotation and roguing, and achieve more limited control. For both types of farmer, unless management is synchronised over large areas, exogenous sources of infection can thwart control. As well as providing practical guidance, our modelling framework is potentially informative for other cropping systems in which coinfection has devastating effects. Our work also emphasises how mathematical modelling can inform management of an emerging disease even when epidemiological information remains scanty.

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Unknown 97 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 24%
Student > Master 19 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 7%
Professor 4 4%
Other 13 13%
Unknown 15 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 47 48%
Environmental Science 7 7%
Mathematics 7 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 4%
Social Sciences 3 3%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 20 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 104. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 August 2018.
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