title: Distribution and genetic diversity of Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rice and maize dwarf diseases caused by the newly introduced Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) have led to severe economic losses in South China in recent years. The distribution and diversity of SRBSDV have not been investigated in the main rice and maize growing areas in China. In this study, the distribution of SRBSDV in China was determined by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2009 and 2010, 2404 plant samples (2294 rice, 110 maize samples, and more than 300 cultivars) with dwarf symptoms were collected from fields in 194 counties of 17 provinces in China and SRBSDV was detected. The results indicated that 1545 (64.27%) of samples (both rice and maize) were infected with SRBSDV. SRBSDV was detected widely in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces, which suggests SRBSDV is an important pathogen causing rice dwarfing diseases in South China. Phylogenetic analysis of 15 representative virus isolates revealed that SRBSDV isolates in China had high levels of nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities (>97.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SRBSDV spreads naturally in Yangtze River basin and south region, the location of the major rice production areas. In comparison, the virus rarely spreads north of Yangtze River in North China. Distribution of SRBSDV is consistent with the migrating and existing ranges of its vector WBPH, suggesting that SRBSDV might be introduced into South China along with the migration of viruliferous WBPH.
authors.forename: Zhaobang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ruizhen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wancai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guohui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jianxiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xueping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Technical Service Center of Diagnosis and Detection for Plant Virus Diseases, Nanjing 210014, P, R, China. yjzhou@jaas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D003313:Zea mays / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral