Archives of Virology (1997) 142, 1873-1879

S. Zhang, G. Lee, J.W. Davies and R. Hull (1997)
Variation in coat protein genes among five geographically different isolates of rice tungro spherical virus
Archives of Virology 142 (9), 1873-1879
Abstract: The variation in the sequence of the coat protein genes of four isolates of rice tungro spherical virus from different countries, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh, was compared with an isolate from the Philippines. The evidence from RT-PCR, Southern blot hybridization and sequences of the coat protein genes indicated that the isolates appeared to fall into two groups. One comprised the Philippine and Malaysian isolates (about 95% sequence similarity) and the other the Bangladeshi and Indian isolates, the sequences of which differed by about 15% from that of the Philippine isolate. The Thai isolate seemed to be a mixture of these two subgroups.
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Database assignments for author(s): Roger Hull

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Waikavirus oryzae		Bangladesh
	Waikavirus oryzae		Malaysia
	Waikavirus oryzae		Philippines
	Waikavirus oryzae		Thailand
	Waikavirus oryzae		India