Journal of General Virology (1996) 77, 847-854

Z. Fan, G. Dahal, I. Dasgupta, J. Hay and R. Hull (1996)
Variation in the genome of Rice tungro bacilliform virus: molecular characterization of six isolates
Journal of General Virology 77 (5), 847-854
Abstract: The DNA genomes of isolates of rice tungro bacilliform virus from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand were cloned and compared with that of the type isolate from the Philippines. Restriction endonuclease maps revealed differences between the isolates and cross-hybridization showed that they fell into two groups, those from the Indian subcontinent and those from south-east Asian countries. The genomes of isolates from the Indian subcontinent contained a deletion of 64 bp when compared with those from south-east Asia. The implications of this variation are discussed.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ganesh Dahal, Roger Hull

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

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