title: The biogeography of viral emergence: rice yellow mottle virus as a case study.
abstract: Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) exemplifies the key role in plant virus emergence of the early steps of crop extension and intensification in traditional agriculture. In East Africa, RYMV emerged in the 19(th) century after rice intensification along the Indian Ocean coast, and later spread inland concomitantly with rice introduction. In West Africa, the contrasted history of rice cultivation among regions differently shaped RYMV populations. A biogeographical approach - which jointly considers the spatial distribution of the virus and its hosts over time - was applied to reach these conclusions. We linked the evolution of RYMV over the past two centuries to a geographical map of the history of rice cultivation in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR RPB (IRD, CIRAD, Université Montpellier 2), Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinel-Galzi
authors.affiliation: INERA, 01 BP 476, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Oumar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traoré
authors.affiliation: AfricaRice, P. O. Box 33581, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Yacouba
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Séré
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR RPB (IRD, CIRAD, Université Montpellier 2), Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Eugénie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hébrard
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR RPB (IRD, CIRAD, Université Montpellier 2), Montpellier, France. Electronic address: denis.fargette@ird.fr.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fargette
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D000354:Africa, Western; D005075:Biological Evolution; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology*; D058974:Phylogeography; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*