The invention discloses a cotton GhMYB36b
promoter for regulating and controlling formation of a Kjeldahl band and application of the cotton GhMYB36b
promoter in
cadmium stress tolerance. The GhMYB36b
promoter disclosed by the invention is high in specificity, high in regulation and control efficiency, safe in source and good in adaptability. The GhMYB36b promoter obviously activates downstream
gene expression only under a
cadmium stress condition, almost has no basic expression under a non-stress condition, can realize
cadmium stress specific regulation and control of a
target gene, and avoids burden on cotton growth caused by continuous expression of the
gene. Under cadmium stress, the expression quantity and
enzyme activity of the GUS
gene driven by the promoter are obviously higher than those of no-load control, and the regulation efficiency of the promoter is obviously superior to that of a conventional constitutive promoter. The promoter is a cotton endogenous promoter, when the promoter is applied to plants such as cotton, the risks of
gene silencing and the like caused by an exogenous promoter can be reduced, the adaptability is higher, and a high-quality element is provided for cadmium-tolerant
gene engineering improvement of the cotton and other plants.