Tolerance to South African cassava mosaic virus in TME3 is associated with sequestration of siRNAs, efficient PTGS and lower viral load.
In susceptible T200, high numbers of vsRNAs correlated with high DNA A titres and severe symptoms.
Lack of viral genome methylation was observed in both landraces.
AC1, AV1 and the ORF overlapping regions are potential hotspots for DNA A.
Both BC1 and BV1 on DNA B were evenly targeted by vsRNAs.