(A) Symptoms of mock or RDV-infected WT plants as well as OsSAMS1 OX/RNAi transgenic plants, pictures were taken at 4 wpi. Scale bars, 10 cm (upper panel) and 5 cm (lower panel). (B) Detection of RDV genomic S2, S8, S11 in mock or RDV-infected WT plants as well as in OsSAMS1 OX/RNAi transgenic plants by northern blot. The blots were hybridized with radiolabeled riboprobes specific for each RNA segment. rRNAs were stained with ethidium bromide and served as loading controls. Tissues were collected at 4 wpi. (C) Detection of RDV protein P2, P8, Pns11 in mock or RDV-infected WT plants as well as in OsSAMS1 OX/RNAi transgenic plants by western blot. Actin was probed and served as a loading control. Tissues were collected at 4 wpi. (D) The incidences of infection, which were determined by visual assessment of disease symptoms at 0–8 wpi of 30 individual plants for each case. Means and standard deviations were obtained from three independent experiments.