The application discloses a method for improving the resistance of citrus to Huangyanbing by using ClPsaN
gene, comprising the following steps: (1)
cloning a VIGS fragment of the citrus ClPsaN
gene; (2) constructing two VIGS expression vectors of TRV and CLBV; and (3) transforming the VIGS
expression vector into citrus to obtain VIGS plants in which the citrus ClPsaN
gene is silenced. According to the method, the VIGS vector of the citrus ClPsaN gene is constructed, then the vector is transformed into citrus, and the obtained citrus plants can obviously show resistance to Huangyanbing. The
titer of Huangyanbing, i.e., Huangyanbing yellow
vein-illness
virus, can be reduced by 22-34%, and the accumulation amount of
virus protein can be reduced by 35-50%, so that the incidence of Huangyanbing is significantly reduced. In addition, the TRV silencing of the citrus ClPsaN gene does not affect the
phenotype of the citrus plants, and the citrus ClPsaN gene can be used as a
candidate gene to be used in the breeding of citrus plants resistant to Huangyanbing by using VIGS silencing,
RNA interference and gene editing technologies in cooperation with multiple genes of the citrus plants resistant to or susceptible to Huangyanbing.