The invention discloses application of an upstream non-
coding region uORF of an ABA2
gene in regulation and control of
crop agronomic traits, in particular to application in improvement of pre-harvest
sprouting resistance of rice and cultivation of pre-harvest
sprouting resistant rice strains, and belongs to the technical field of
gene engineering. The invention finds that uORF in the upstream non-
coding region of the
crop ABA2
gene can inhibit the translation level of downstream ABA2
protein on the basis of not influencing the transcriptional level, so that the uORF can participate in regulation and control of
crop agronomic traits in which ABA participates in regulation and control, such as improvement of pre-harvest
sprouting resistance of rice. Therefore, the upstream non-
coding region uORF of the crop ABA2 gene can be modified through a hybridization or gene editing technology, so that the purpose of regulating and controlling crop agronomic traits in which ABA participates in regulation and control is achieved, for example, site-
directed mutagenesis is performed on an
initiation codon of the upstream non-coding region uORF of the rice ABA2 gene, and the pre-harvest sprouting resistance of rice is improved.