Rice tungro disease (RTD) is a serious constraint in rice production across tropical Asia.
RTD is caused by the interaction between Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and Rice …

Many farmers in South and Southeast Asia describe rice tungro disease as a cancer disease
because of the severe damage it causes and the difficulty of controlling it (121). As the most …

Rice tungro disease (RTD) is a serious constraint to rice production in South and Southeast
Asia. RTD is caused by Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and Rice tungro bacilliform virus …

Background Plant genomes contain various kinds of repetitive sequences such as
transposable elements, microsatellites, tandem repeats and virus-like sequences. Most of …

Multivariate analyses were performed using 13 morphological traits and 13 molecular
markers (10 SSRs and three ISSRs) to assess the phylogenetic relationship among tungro …

Rice tungro disease (RTD) is caused by Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and Rice tungro
bacilliform virus (RTBV) transmitted by green leafhoppers. Rice cv. Utri Merah is highly …

Resistance to rice virus diseases is an important requirement in many Southeast Asian rice
breeding programs. Inheritance of resistance to rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) in TW5, a …

Focusing on the use of new biotechnologies to create more sustainable agriculture within
the framework of global environmental changes, this book is the first reference to highlight …

Abstract Balimau Putih [an Indonesian cultivar tolerant to rice tungro bacilliform virus
(RTBV)] was crossed with IR64 (RTBV, susceptible variety) to produce the three filial …

Higher agricultural production can be achieved through the application of modern
biotechnology. Gene technology has been successfully used by scientists all over the world …