There has been no updating data on the incidence of viral diseases that attack rice
plants in Bengkulu. Updating data on viral disease distribution status is an initial step to prevent
disease outbreaks. The disease incidence and molecular characterization of the tungro virus in
Bengkulu, Indonesia wasc reported. Detection of viruses from field samples was amplified
Rice Tungro Spherical Virus (RTSV) and could not be amplified RTSV from other field
samples. Specific DNA fragments of ±787 bp were successfully amplified using specific
primers for the coat protein gene of RTSV. Spesific DNA fragments of 1400 bp were
succesfully amplified from Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Tengah, Bengkulu Utara, and Bengkulu
city using Rice Tungro Bacciliform Virus (RTBV) spesifics primers DAF and DAR. The
results showed that the RTBV rice isolates from Bengkulu Utara and Rejang Lebong were
closely related to the RTBV Seberang Perai isolates from Malaysia (MK552377).
Keywords
Tungro, RTSV, RTBV, RT-PCR
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