The application discloses a transient transformation method of
Hydrilla verticillata and application thereof. The transformation method comprises the following steps: after an explant of the
Hydrilla verticillata is subjected to disinfection treatment, the explant is inoculated into a sterile
bud induction culture medium to culture, and sterile seedlings are obtained; a codon-optimized Cry1Ac
gene is cloned into a pCAMBIA3301
plant expression vector to obtain a
recombinant expression vector pCAMBIA3301-Cry1Ac; the
recombinant expression vector pCAMBIA3301-Cry1Ac is introduced into
agrobacterium, and the obtained recombinant
agrobacterium is used to infect stem tips of the sterile seedlings of the
Hydrilla verticillata, and the Hydrilla verticillata is obtained through co-culture. The obtained transgenic Hydrilla verticillata can significantly reduce the
survival rate of the larvae of the Crambus leucogonus, effectively reduces the feeding damage of the larvae to the Hydrilla verticillata, and provides a new technical approach for
genetic engineering improvement of the submerged
plant and biological control of the aquatic pest.