Detection and Serological Characterization of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Central African Republic

BackgroundRice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) of the genus Sobemovirus is the most important viral pathogen of rice causing more damage to rice crop in Sub Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to conduct pathogenic characterization of RYMV isolates from the Central African Republic (CAR) and to screen commonly cultivated rice accessions in the country for resistance/tolerance to the virus.MethodsThe pathogenicity of RYMV isolates was studied by mechanical inoculation with comparison to differential rice lines highly resistant to RYMV available at the Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA) in Burkina Faso.To screen commonly cultivated rice accessions in CAR, characterized RYMV isolates from the country were used as inoculum sources. Resistant breaking (RB) isolates were used to prepare RB-inoculum, whereas non-resistant breaking isolates (nRB) were used for nRB-inoculum.ResultsOverall 102 isolates used in this study, 29.4% were able to overcome the high resistance genes in the rice cultivars Gigante and Tog7291. All isolates were distributed within three distinct pathogenic profiles. The first profile constituted of 6.9% of the isolates was able to break down the resistance in rice cultivar Gigante only. The second pathogenic profile made of 19.6% of isolates was able to infect Tog7291 only. The third profile, 2.9% of isolates overcame simultaneously resistance genes in both rice cultivars Gigante and Tog7291. Out of isolates able to break down the resistance gene in cultivar Gigante, a single isolate was found to be non-infectious to the susceptible control IR64.Data from screening showed that all accessions were susceptible to RYMV, although IRAT213 was found to be partially resistant to both nRB-inoculum and RB-inoculum.ConclusionThe present study can be considered as the first in the Central African Republic, it gives a caution on the high risk of RYMV damage to rice production in the country. Beside, skills of pathogenic profiles of RYMV isolates will contribute to better disease management.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12985-017-0912-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Genetic Diversity and Molecular Epidemiology of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Central African Republic

Longué¹,

Galzi-Pine²,

Zinga³

et al. 2017

International J. of Virology

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Detection and Serological Characterization of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Central African Republic

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