The invention discloses a method for delaying
senescence of leaves of non-heading Chinese cabbages by
gene-edited persistent green genes SGR1 and SGR2, and belongs to the technical field of
crop breeding. The method comprises the following steps: designing specific sgRNA according to
coding region sequences of non-heading Chinese cabbage green-keeping genes SGR1 and SGR2, constructing a
CRISPR / Cas9
gene editing vector, transforming a non-heading Chinese cabbage
receptor material in a manner of infecting cotyledons with stems and hypocotyls by
agrobacterium tumefaciens, regenerating adventitious buds, and screening to obtain a transformed
plant containing a
gene editing element, and screening out the SGR1 and / or SGR2 gene site-
directed mutagenesis plants through
molecular identification and
phenotype observation. The staying green gene is accurately modified through a gene editing technology, the leaf
senescence process of the non-heading Chinese cabbage is remarkably delayed, the leaf staying green property is improved, the fresh-keeping period is prolonged, excellent agronomic characters are kept, a new way is provided for genetic improvement and fresh-keeping
technology development of the non-heading Chinese cabbage, and the method has important application value in the fields of vegetable production, fresh keeping and breeding.