The East African cassava mosaic virus-Uganda (EACMV-Ug) variant, which originated through recombination between an African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and an East African cassava mosaic virus (EACMV) (Legg & Winter, 2020), has been associated with a severe cassava mosaic disease pandemic affecting cassava (Manihot esculenta) in sub-Saharan Africa.