title: Inter- and intra-site genetic diversity of natural field populations of rice tungro bacilliform virus in the Philippines.
abstract: The genetic structure of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) populations within and between growing sites was analyzed in a collection of natural field isolates from different rice varieties grown in eight tungro-endemic sites of the Philippines. Total DNA extracts from 345 isolates were digested with EcoRV restriction enzyme and hybridized with a full-length probe of RTBV, a procedure shown in preliminary experiments capable of revealing high levels of polymorphism in RTBV field isolates. In the total population, 17 distinct EcoRV-based genome profiles (genotypes) were identified and used as indicators for virus diversity. Distinct sets of genotypes occurred in Isabela and North Cotabato provinces suggesting a geographic isolation of virus populations. However, among the sites in each province, there were few significant differences in the genotype compositions of virus populations. The number of genotypes detected at a site varied from two to nine with a few genotypes dominating. In general the isolates at a site persisted from season to season indicating a genetic stability for the local virus population. Over the sampling time, IRRI rice varieties, which have green leafhopper resistance genes, supported similar virus populations to those supported by other varieties, indicating that the variety of the host exerted no apparent selection pressures. Insect transmission experiments on selected RTBV field isolates showed that dramatic shifts in genotype and phenotype distributions can occur in response to host/environmental shifts.
authors.affiliation: International Rice Research Institute, Makati City, Philippines.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arboleda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Azzam
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D019195:Badnavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000821:virology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology*; D010679:Philippines; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C027440:GATATC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases