The invention discloses a
gene type3AF for regulating and controlling the resistance of rice
sheath blight disease as well as an encoding
protein and application of the
gene type3AF. The CDS sequence of the
gene type3AF is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1, the full-length sequence of the
gene type3AF is as shown in SEQ ID NO.2, and the
protein sequence coded by the
gene type3AF for regulating and controlling the rice
sheath blight disease resistance is as shown in SEQ ID NO.3. According to the invention, a new rice
sheath blight disease resistance negative regulation
gene type3AF is successfully identified and obtained; two different banded sclerotial
blight resistance identification methods verify that the knockout line of the type3AF gene in a
rice plant can significantly improve the banded sclerotial
blight resistance of the
plant, and has no significant influence on main agronomic traits; however, overexpression of the type3AF gene in rice does not change the sheath
blight resistance, but leads to significant changes in
rice plant height and flag leaf length, and the type3AF gene has the research of breeding application value. The type3AF gene provided by the invention can provide a new resource for excavation of sheath blight resistant rice genes, provides a core target for cultivation of sheath blight resistant rice varieties, and has an important application value for maintenance of grain production safety.