Identitas dan Keragaman Genetik Begomovirus yang Berasosiasi dengan Penyakit Keriting pada Tomat Berdasarkan Teknik Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)

Begomoviruses, members of the Geminivirus, are considered as emerging plant viruses. This was due to the increasing incidences and severities of the diseases in a number of economically important crops, including tomato. Genetic diversities of the Begomovirus isolates infecting tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) of several areas in Indonesia were analyzed by using Polymerase Chain Reaction- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. A 1500 base pairs of PCR fragments amplified by using degenerate primers for Begomovirus was digested using four restriction enzymes, i.e., DraI, EcoRI, RsaI, and PstI. The pattern of RE digested fragments of 8 Begomovirus isolates and the predicted RFLP fragments of the Begomovirus isolates in the GeneBank database were used to determine the genetic identities and diversities among the isolates. Positive results of the PCR amplifications proved that diseased tomato plant samples collected from 8 locations in Java and Sumatra were infected with at least one Begomovirus isolate. The PCR amplification products, which were digested using the four restriction enzymes indicated the presence of polimorfisms among the DNA fragments of the Begomovirus isolates. Identifications of the Begomovirus indicated that the Brastagi, Bogor, Sragen, Ketep, and Boyolali isolates were Tomato Leaf Curl Virus (ToLCV); the isolates from Malang and Blitar isolates were Ageratum Yellow Vein Virus (AYVV), while one isolate from Kaliurang was Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV). Results of the phylogenetic analysis of the 8 Begomovirus isolates based on Begomoviruses from the DNA database indicated that they belonged to three different groups.

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Identification of Phytophthora Isolates to Species Level Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Amplified Region of Mitochondrial DNA

Phytopathology ◽

10.1094/phyto.2004.94.9.983 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 94 (9) ◽

pp. 983-991 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Frank N. Martin ◽

Paul W. Tooley

Keyword(s):

Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽

Length Polymorphism ◽

Fragment Length ◽

Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽

Restriction Enzymes ◽

Species Level ◽

Chain Reaction ◽

Polymerase Chain ◽

Restriction Fragment Length

Polymerase chain reaction primers spanning the mitochondrially encoded coxI and II genes have been identified that were capable of amplifying target DNA from all 152 isolates of 31 species in the genus Phytophthora that were tested. Digestion of the amplicons with restriction enzymes generated species-specific restriction fragment length polymorphism banding profiles that were effective for isolate classification to a species level. Of the 24 species in which multiple isolates were examined, intraspecific polymorphisms were not observed for 16 species, while 5 species exhibited limited intraspecific polymorphism that could be explained by the addition/loss of a single restriction site. Intraspecific polymorphisms were observed for P. megakarya, P. megasperma, and P. syringae; however, these differences may be a reflection of the variation that exists in these species as reported in the literature. Although digestion with AluI alone could differentiate most species tested, single digests with a total of four restriction enzymes were used in this investigation to enhance the accuracy of the technique and minimize the effect of intraspecific variability on correct isolate identification. The use of the computer program BioNumerics simplified data analysis and identification of isolates. Successful template amplification was obtained with DNA recovered from hyphae using a boiling miniprep procedure, thereby reducing the time and materials needed for conducting this analysis.

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