Abstract:The total DNA was extracted from strawberry leaves infected with Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) by CTAB method. Specific primer pair was designed to amplify the gene ORF Ⅱ of SVBV-China isolate, and then the fragment was cloned and sequenced. The result showed that the full length of gene ORF Ⅱ of SVBV-China isolate was 486 nts, encoding 161 amino acids. Comparing the sequence of gene ORF Ⅱ of SVBV-China isolate with those of SVBV-USA isolate and other members of Caulimovirus, the result indicated that gene ORF Ⅱ of SVBV-China isolate shared the highest sequence similarity (91.2%) with that of SVBV-USA isolate. The SVBV gene ORF Ⅱ was inserted into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-32a(+), and the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). The fusion protein with an approximate molecular weight of 38 kDa was obtained with IPTG induction and Ni2+-NTA affinity column purification. The purified recombinant fusion protein was used to immunize rabbits and obtained the antiserum of a high titer. Western blot analysis indicated that the prepared antiserum could specifically bind to purified recombinant fusion protein. ELISA was conducted with antiserum, and the protein expressed by SVBV gene ORF Ⅱ could be detected in the sap of infected strawberry leaves.