The invention belongs to the technical field of
tea tree gene application, and particularly relates to application of a
tea tree CsPHT
gene in improving tea geometrid and
colletotrichum gloeosporioides resistance of a
tea tree. The invention discloses a tea tree CsPHT
gene, the
nucleotide sequence of the tea tree CsPHT gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1, the tea tree CsPHT gene codes 434
amino acid residues, and the
amino acid sequence of the tea tree CsPHT gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO.2. The CsPHT gene is proved to be capable of catalyzing
biosynthesis of tea tree defense related compounds such as feruloyl
putrescine, coumaroyl
putrescine and cinnamoyl
putrescine for the first time, and the conservation of the
catalytic function of the CsPHT gene is proved through
heterologous expression. An in-vivo instantaneous function
verification result of a tea tree shows that the over-expression of the CsPHT gene can significantly improve the resistance of the tea tree to tea geometrid and tea anthracnose
bacteria. The CsPHT gene is proved to be a key positive regulation factor for regulating the resistance of the tea tree to the tea geometrid and the tea anthracnose
fungus. The invention provides important gene resources and
molecular targets for cultivating new varieties of high-resistance and multi-resistance tea trees.