Transcriptome analysis of rice (Oryza sativa cv. Taichung Native 1) in relation to infection with RTSV

Rice tungro disease is caused by the interaction between Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and Rice tungro bacilliform virus. Infection with RTSV alone does not result in any distinctive symptoms in Taichung Native 1 (TN1) that is one of RTSV susceptive indica rice cultivar. To elucidate the basis of asymptomatic response of rice to RTSV at the gene expression level, global gene response in RTSV-infected TN1 was detected by custom microarray. Keywords: time course, virus infection, disease response Comparison between RTSV and mock infected rice. Biological replicates: 3 control (mock), 3 RTSV-infected at each time point, independently grown and harvested at 6 to 15 days after inoculation (DAI). 1 samples prepared with whole plant 5 cm above ground and pooled from 5 plants grown under same conditons.