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SUMMARY:Role of aphids in the transmission of a suspected viral disease an
 d the disease’s impact on the growth and yield of cabbage in Ghana - Dr 
 Ken Okwe Fening\, CAPREX Fellow
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Ken Okwae Fening of the University of Ghana Soil and Irriga
 tion Research Centre is working with Dr John Carr of the Department of Pla
 nt Sciences of the University of Cambridge in exploring the “Role of aph
 ids in the transmission of a suspected viral disease and the disease’s i
 mpact on the growth and yield of cabbage in Ghana”. Dr Fening has been f
 unded by a fellowship form CAPREX and a research grant the Alborada Trust 
 through Cambridge in Africa.\n\nDr Fening in his research observed symptom
 s of a disease threat to cabbage in Ghana which appears to have the charac
 teristics of an insect-transmitted viral disease. The project aims to test
  the hypothesis that the causative agent of this disease is a virus. The s
 tudy seeks to identify the causative agent and its most important potentia
 l insect vectors (aphids or whiteflies) and to assess the impact of the di
 sease by initiating field experiments in Ghana.\n\nDr Fening will report o
 n the molecular identification of the potential vector insects and on prog
 ress towards identification of the putative viral pathogen. The outputs of
  the project will provide the basis of diagnostic tests and allow for the 
 formulation of sustainable disease management or eradication methods.
LOCATION:Tom ap Rees\, Department of Plant Sciences
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