A brief history of cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD) is presented. The first report by Warburg in 1894 was from German East Africa (later Tanganyika and now Tanzania) of a virus disease of cassava. This was termed 'krauselkrankheit', which is now referred to as cassava mosaic virus disease.
Thresh, J.M. Brief history of cassava brown streak virus disease. In: Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of an International Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya, 27-30 October 2002. Legg, J.P. and Hillocks, R.J. (Eds.). Natural Resources International Limited, Aylesford, Kent, UK (2003) 5-6.
Brief history of cassava brown streak virus disease.