Abstract:For understanding the status of common bean germplasm, conserved in the National Crop GeneBank (NCGB), infected by Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), a pair of specific primers were designed based the sequence of cp gene of BCMV and were used to amplify a 714bp band in leaves infected by BCMV. Using this technique and improved CTAB procedure for extracting total RNA, a same band was amplified in seeds of common bean. The band was cloned and sequenced, and then the sequence was compared with other strains of BCMV. The result showed that the nucleotide identity was 88%-98% between sequence of cloned band and other BCMV strains, and also means that BCMV in dry seed of common bean was identified successfully using RT-PCR technique. By the procedure BCMV was detected in individual seed and 30 seeds samples. In bean variety, Ziyundou, propagated in Hebei Province all seeds were infected by BCMV and in six accessions from different provinces BCMV was detected in four samples. It was confirmed that the common bean germplasm and seeds conserved in NCGB were infected by BCMV generally.