The invention belongs to the technical field of
gene engineering, and provides a rice
transcription factor OsbHLH18 responding to
phosphorus deficiency stress and application thereof, the
transcription factor OsbHLH18 is subjected to overexpression to be applied to increase of the
phosphorus content of rice, an expression mode of the OsbHLH18 is explored, the effect of an overexpression OsbHLH18 carrier on
rice growth is evaluated, and the result shows that the OsbHLH18 is a
transcription factor positioned on a
cell nucleus, and the OsbHLH18 is a transcription factor positioned on a
cell nucleus. The transcription activity is realized; osbHLH18 is subjected to
phosphorus deficiency induced expression on leaves and roots of rice, and the
phosphorus deficiency induced expression is faster and higher in response to the roots; the
plant height of the overexpressed OsbHLH18 rice is higher than that of a
wild type, the overexpressed OsbHLH18 can regulate and control expression of downstream
acid phosphatase genes, then the activity of
acid phosphatase of root systems and root surfaces is improved, the
phosphorus deficiency stress adaptability of the rice is relieved by degrading
organic phosphorus, and the phosphorus content of the rice is improved.