ISOZYME GENOTYPE OF MAJOR CULTIVAR GROUPS RESISTANT TO BACTERIAL-BLIGHT IN ASIAN RICE

Isozyme types were determined for six cultivar groups carrying differe nt resistance to rice bacterial blight in Asia, The temporarily propos ed Isozyme genotypes would be associated with the differentiation of t he reaction of resistance, The predominant type of the Java 14 group w as Isozyme type VI-1, and type II-4 was involved as the second predomi nant type, The majority of the DZ 192 group belonged to type II-1 and II-2, A newly assigned TN 1 group consisted of Isozyme type I and VI, The predominant occurrence of I-1 and I-2 was common among the TKM 6, Cas 209, Mend Ba and TN 1 groups However, frequent involvement of IM-1 and IM-2 were specific to the TKM 6 group The frequent presence of I- 4 and I-5 was the characteristic of the Cas 209 and Mend Ba groups, Ba sed on these observations the ecotypic diversity of each up was discus sed.